Sun Yumin's promotion to the commander of the 20th Division Major General quickly spread from Xiao Yuying's mouth to everyone's ears, and even Liu Wenzhi was stunned, he thought that Sun Yumin would be appointed as the commander of the main force of the Central Army at most, or the brigade commander was at the top, but he didn't expect him to become a major general and division commander.

This incident greatly surprised everyone, only Lu Man was not surprised, in her heart, it was more than enough to let Sun Yumin be the commander of an army or the commander of a group army.

Sun Yumin asked Xiao Yuying to book a banquet in Kaifeng City to entertain Xu Zuyi, chief of staff of the Fifth Theater Command, Gui Yongqing, and Zhou Zhenqiang, who came to read out the order.

Xiao Yuying has been waiting at the banquet, and she didn't stop Sun Yumin from being poured wine by Gui Yongqing, because she knew that if Gui Yiren didn't have fun, it would be difficult for Sun Yumin to take away everyone, including her, even if she knew that there was Chen Bui as a big backer, it wouldn't work.

It only took half a day for Sun Yumin to hand over all the work in hand to the new director, and he took the entire spy company and a team of twenty or thirty doctors and nurses organized by Lu Man to take the convoy arranged by Gui Yongqing and prepare for the journey to Heze.

The 20th Division was originally stationed in Gunzhou, Jining, and was later transferred by Han Fuyu to northern Lubei to resist the Japanese army that was attacking Shandong, on December 27, Han Fuyu ordered Sun Tongxuan, who was then the commander of the division, to abandon Jinan, and retreated here, and is now resting in Heze. The 20th Division has jurisdiction over three brigades and 11 regiments, with a total of more than 13,000 people, and this is not counting, the most rare thing is that the 20th Division has an all-German artillery artillery regiment, which is very rare in all the central armies, and some group armies may not have an artillery regiment.

As soon as Sun Yumin's motorcade left the barracks, it was stopped by a jeep speeding towards him, and a lieutenant colonel hurriedly ran to his car, saluted and said, "General Sun, after receiving a notice from Director Chen, please stay tonight, and the chairman of the committee wants to see you." ”

Sun Yumin was shocked and asked, "When did the chairman come?" ”

The lieutenant colonel said: "I haven't arrived yet, but I'm going to arrive soon, and the waiting room has already notified the generals of the Fifth Theater to come to Kaifeng for a meeting, and the place is in the conference room of the 46th Division." ”

Sun Yumin understood that this was to take down Han Fuyu and kill the chicken to show the monkey. As he expected, Lao Jiang's desire to see him was also the result of Chen Bui's efforts, and the purpose was actually very simple, to help him establish his background and help him gild, otherwise with an order, it would be difficult for Sun Yumin to gain a foothold in the 20th Division, let alone take the 58th, 59th, and 60th brigades plus artillery regiments as his own.

Sun Yumin left Xiao Yuying and Dong Wenbin behind, and the others were led by Liu Wenzhi to the special agent company and doctors and nurses to set off for Heze's 20th Division Headquarters first.

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Sun Yumin took Xiao Yuying and Dong Wenbin to the reception room of the 46th Division under the guidance of a lieutenant, Sun Yumin has been to this reception room several times, but each time he does not have the feeling of uneasiness today, maybe it is not as heavily guarded here as tonight, or maybe it is about to meet the historical celebrities who have mixed reviews for future generations, which will make Sun Yumin, a person who has been on the battlefield for a long time, a little timid.

After waiting for a long time, he still hasn't been met by someone Jiang, which made Sun Yumin's already impatient heart become more and more impatient, and even Xiao Yuying next to him couldn't help but walk up to him and comfort him to calm down.

From the reception room, you can see a group of soldiers in and out of the corridor, and Sun Yumin doesn't know how many groups of people have gone in and out, but it has never been Sun Yumin's turn. He went from nervous and timid at first, to calm down, and after a few hours, he was already indifferent.

Xiao Yuying since participating in the special training, not only people have become more and more spiritual, but also more and more calm, if she was asked to wait for a few hours, she didn't fall asleep is strange, now she has been quietly accompanying Sun Yumin, and from time to time will comfort Sun Yumin a few words, in exchange for the previous was really unimaginable.

No one else has ever come in to this reception room since Sun Yumin brought Xiao Yuying in, even if some soldiers with generals standing in the corridor outside, they didn't invite anyone into such a large reception room. The wall clock on the wall had already struck twelve rings, and the hands were about to point to one o'clock in the morning, which was already the eleventh day of the first month. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor, a white-faced officer in a general's uniform, under the guidance of a person in a tunic suit, hurriedly walked towards the conference room, Sun Yumin was also attracted by the footsteps, he looked out, and saw that the person wearing a tunic was Dai Li, but the general Sun Yumin did not know.

The door to the conference room, which had been closed for a long time, opened and was tightly shut.

continued to wait in all kinds of loneliness, the hour hand had already pointed to three o'clock, Xiao Yuying was so sleepy that she finally fell asleep on the sofa, Sun Yumin hurriedly asked the guards at the door of the reception room to help find a blanket to cover her body.

There was a more hurried footstep in the corridor, and Sun Yumin hurriedly walked to the door to take a look, and four soldiers with submachine guns trotted to the door of the conference room, and when the door opened, they all walked in. After a while, the general who had been brought in by Dai Li before was escorted out by these four soldiers with loaded guns, and the white face was covered with ashes, and his forehead was covered with sweat, and he lowered his head and said nothing, allowing the four soldiers to take him to an unknown place.

Dai Li walked out of the conference room behind these people, and when he passed in front of Sun Yumin, he gave him a thumbs up and said softly: "General Sun, congratulations!" As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Sun Yumin to reply, he sped up his steps and chased after him.

The door of the conference room was not closed, and a sentence with a thick Zhejiang accent came out: "In the Battle of Xuzhou, if anyone disobeys the command of Commander-in-Chief Li and delays the military aircraft, Han Fuyu is his lesson from the past." After a few seconds, this Zhejiang said again: "The meeting is dismissed!" ”

As soon as Sun Yumin heard this, he immediately sat down on the sofa honestly, and saw a string of major generals, lieutenant generals, and generals passing by the door from the door of the reception room.

Sun Yumin really felt as if he had been forgotten by the whole world at this time. He now felt very cold, and he also felt extremely helpless, the newspaper in his hand was torn into countless small strips by him, and in a daze, a voice came: "Yumin, wait for a hurry." ”

He could hear that this was Lu Man's father's voice, so he hurriedly stood up, and said to Chen Bui who was standing at the door, "Uncle...... Director Chen, I'm not in a hurry. ”

Chen Bui smiled slightly, his bloodshot eyes looked at him, and then at Xiao Yuying, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, and said, "Come with me, the chairman has something to say to you." ”

Sun Yumin hurriedly trotted to his side, and followed Chen Bui to the door of the conference room of the 46th Division headquarters that he was very familiar with.

Sun Yumin's eyelids were first greeted by a shiny head, and then the military uniform, the familiar face that had been seen countless times in later generations also appeared clearly in front of him at this moment.

The countless scenes that Sun Yumin had thought about before did not happen, and he did not have the panic and timidity that he was worried about.

Chen Bui walked to Lao Jiang's side and said softly: "President, Sun Yumin is here." ”

Jiang Guangtou raised his head and glanced at Sun Yumin, who was standing at the door, and said to Chen Bui: "Yanji, let him come in, you go outside to rest." ”

"Yes, President." Chen Bui replied that after being by Lao Jiang's side for many years, he knew that this person was suspicious, such as himself. He beckoned to Sun Yumin at the door, motioned for him to come in, and then walked out himself, closing the door of the conference room amid Sun Yumin's report.

After Sun Yumin gave a military salute to Lao Jiang, who was sitting firmly in his chair, he stood straight in front of him, waiting for the dictator's question.

"You found out more than half a month ago that Han Fuyu would retreat without a fight, and reminded Yan Ji, I want to know how you deduced that he would do this?" Lao Jiang threw out the first question.

Sun Yumin had already guessed that he would have such a question, and replied: "The result is derived from the position of his troops and the analysis of his character. ”

"Oh, tell me."

"First of all, since the Japanese Tenth Division attacked Shandong, Han Fuyu was ordered to put the main force in his hands in Lubei, nominally to guard the Jinpu line, but in fact to prepare for retreat, why do you say that, the third army in Han's hand has the 12th Army, the 55th Army, the 56th Army and the 51st Army, he put the strongest 12th Army on which he started at the rear, and the remaining three armies are in an inverted shape, which makes the 55th Army Commander Cao Fulin and the 56th Army Commander Yoshiaki Hasei who are at the forefront very dissatisfied, They all didn't work hard, and although they reported a lot of battle damage, they were actually uninjured. There is also a legend that Han Fuyu personally took the pistol battalion to the north of the Yellow River to fight the Japanese army, but this is just a rumor and cannot be trusted. ”

"Secondly, under your personal urging, he had no choice but to launch two battles, the Mulberry Garden Attack and the Texas Defense Battle, although he achieved a lot of results, but the two regiments of the 243 Brigade of the 81st Division of the 12th Army under his command were almost wiped out, and it is said that his flesh hurt for a long time."

"Third, Lubei fell in just one and a half months, and the Third Army withdrew from the north bank of the Yellow River to the south bank, not so much that it was repelled by the Japanese army, but that he gave it to the Japanese army inch by inch. No! I don't know if you have noticed, did the Third Army use 20 divisions in these battles in northern Lubei? This is known as an elite armor division. ……”

Lao Jiang waved his hand to stop him from continuing to speak, and spoke: "When Yan Ji reminded me that you suggested to him to guard against Han Fuyu as a deserter, I also reprimanded him a few words at that time, but I didn't expect you to hit the target. At the beginning, he did not listen to Yanji's persuasion, which led to a big mistake. He looked at the young officer in front of him, stopped talking, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Do you have any good suggestions now?" ”

Sun Yumin shook his head.

"Can Shandong be recovered immediately?"

He shook his head again.

Lao Jiang's eyes were originally filled with hope, but he dimmed for a moment, and asked unrelentingly, "Is there really no way?" ”

"Yes!" Sun Yumin replied, and he said respectfully to Jiang Guangtou: "Now it is necessary to send an elite army to keep the Japanese at the junction of Henan and Lu, and fight a few victories, so that they cannot set foot in Henan for half a step." According to your instructions and deployment, the 20th Division has entered this area. In this paragraph, he said that this arrangement was all the meaning of Lao Jiang, obviously to add credit to him, if he won the battle, the chairman commanded well, and if he lost, the Japanese army was strong in combat, and Sun Yumin led the troops without a way, and he had nothing to do with it.

Jiang Guangtou was in a very good position for a while, how could he not understand the thoughts of the young officer in front of him, and he didn't say anything, he wanted to see what clever tricks this officer who was in the limelight in the defense of Nanjing could come up with.

After Sun Yumin finished saying these words, he asked Lao Jiang for instructions: "Chairman, can I use the map?" ”

Jiang Guangtou naturally agreed.

Seeing him nodding, Sun Yumin walked to the huge military map, picked up the pole, pointed to Heze, and said: "According to the current situation, Jining will soon be lost, and after the Japanese army takes Jining, it will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Heze. Seeing that the chairman frowned, he continued: "We can't let them burn the flames of war to Henan so easily, so the lowly will give the arrogant Isogu Division a dismount here. Sun Yumin drew a circle between Heze and Lankao.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Bui pushed open the door of the conference room, and said to Lao Jiang with a telegram in his hand: "President, I just received an urgent telegram from the 56th Army, and Jining has been lost. ”

Sun Yumin was also stunned by this, although he knew that Jining was lost, but he didn't know the specific time, and he had just said that the Japanese army would attack Jining, and the telegram came in less than two minutes.

Lao Jiang didn't hesitate anymore after hearing this, stood up from his chair and said to Chen Bui: "Record, order: Sun Yumin's 20th Division will defend Heze and defend the border between Luyu and Henan on the same day. If the top and bottom of the 20th Division do not obey Sun Yumin's command, they can be killed immediately and reported later. He thought for a while, and then said to Chen Bui: "Sun Tongxuan should still be in Kaifeng, call him here, and I will tell him in person." ”

Chen Bui was ordered to leave, and Lao Jiang said to Sun Yumin: "Since you have seen the situation so thoroughly, I also hope that it will not be just a matter of talking on paper, but will make a record and shut up those who are jealous of you." ”

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That night, Chen Bui sent a car to send Sun Yumin and the three to Heze, and when Xiao Yuying heard their speech, he said that the Japanese army had attacked the vicinity of Heze, and he had to let Sun Yumin fight a military line to the 20th Division, and let Liu Wenzhi and them send troops to pick them up halfway. It was this seemingly unnecessary phone call that officially kicked off Sun Yumin's prelude to becoming the god of war.

The two jeeps were speeding forward in the dark, and it had been two or three hours since they came out of Kaifeng, and the sky was beginning to show the whiteness of the fish's belly.

Sun Yumin sat in the back seat of the jeep in the back, snuggled in his arms and snuggled up to Xiao Yuying, who was sleeping, he looked at the white line in the sky, and said to Dong Wenbin, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Xiao Dong, do you think our current situation is like the current scene?" ”

Dong Wenbin followed his line of sight and looked out, only to see that there was a white line on the edge of the sky in the distance that was getting thicker little by little, like a sprout breaking free from the shackles, desperately trying to penetrate the darkness, and the refreshing light it revealed was like a warning that the dawn was coming.

Seeing that Dong Wenbin didn't answer his words, Sun Yumin stopped the driver, gently woke up Xiao Yuying, who was leaning in his arms, opened the car door and walked down.

Facing the cold wind and stepping on the darkness, Sun Yumin looked up at the white light that was devouring the darkness, and his heart was full of emotion, and he couldn't help yelling: "Ah...... Ah......h

Just as he was venting his emotions to the fullest, Xiao Yuying, who had just gotten out of the car, suddenly shouted: "There are devils!" After speaking, she quickly took out the shell gun from Dong Wenbin's gun box standing next to her.

There were only eight people in the two jeeps, except for the two drivers and Sun Yumin, there were only three escort soldiers, and as soon as they heard the little girl's shout, the two drivers immediately turned off the lights, and the people also followed the soldiers out of the car.