The sudden loss of Shangqiu made Sun Yumin deeply feel a sense of powerlessness, and his kind warning was ignored. The facts are in front of them, and the two commanding commanders who are full of official authority are still busy deducing themselves, and they don't think about the fact that nearly 100,000 ** troops, who were originally going to the retreat of the Japanese army, are now completely surrounded by the enemy on three sides. Fortunately, this side has not yet launched an attack, although Kenji Dohihara knew that there were troops intercepting supplies in the middle, but he did not expect the number to reach more than 100,000 people, and later when he became the chief of the general staff of the Japanese army in China, after learning about the situation at that time, even the intestines were repentant, if the 100,000 elites in the First War Zone were wiped out on the border of Shandong and Henan, history may really have to be rewritten.

Xue Yue was naturally unwilling to let the boiled duck fly like this, he ordered Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen to send a telegram to Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen respectively, so that the eight divisions of the North Road would launch an attack from north to south, compress the living space of the 14th Division of Tufeiyuan, and then concentrate nearly 300,000 troops of the Central Army in front of them to eat the enemy troops surrounded by the regiments.

But with Gui Yongqing and Long Muhan abandoning Shoulanfeng first, and then Huang Jie and Tan Linsheng abandoning Shoushanqiu, who can Xue Yue, the nominal commander of the First Corps, mobilize? Even if Cheng Qian personally commanded, it would be in vain.

Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen, the two old fritters, had long planned to withdraw, and they got together to discuss on the day they received Xue Yue's order.

"Brother Yin Ting, Xue Boling is obviously trying to push you and me into the fire pit. What are we going to do? Shang Zhen spoke first.

"Brother Qiyu, do you need to talk about this? I don't care what you do, anyway, my 12th Army will definitely withdraw. Sun Tongxuan replied.

"But you and I are not descendants, Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie have nothing to do like this, but you and I may not."

"Yes, who made me the old man of the late Chairman Han, and Brother Qiyu, you are from the disciple of Commander Yan, Xue Yue really wants to find someone to carry the black cauldron, you and my brother are the first to bear the brunt."

"Now you can't fight, you can't withdraw, you can't withdraw, do you just put 100,000 ** here and become cannon fodder for devils?"

"That's definitely not going to work, I said earlier that the Twelfth Army will definitely withdraw, since I dare to withdraw, it means that I have already thought of countermeasures."

"Oh, Brother Yinting, hurry up and listen to it, the little brother would like to hear about it." As soon as Shang Zhen heard that there was a way, he immediately approached Sun Tongxuan with a smile.

"Brother Qiyu, I don't know what you think of Sun Yumin?"

"He? Not very well understood. It's just that I've heard it mentioned in the war report, and it seems that he can fight a war. Shang Zhen thought for a while, replied, and then asked rhetorically: "No, Brother Yin Ting, isn't he your right-hand man?" Why did you ask me? ”

"No, he is the commander of the 20th Division, but he is not my person. He is the division commander personally appointed by the chairman of the committee, and he is Chen Bui's son-in-law. ”

"I see. In that case, what else do you mention about him? Officers with this kind of background are rare in your troops. ”

"It's because he was sent down from above, so he can carry this pot for us and carry this thunder for us. Do you understand? ”

Shang Zhen didn't understand what he meant for a while,

"Didn't he, Xue Boling, want us to attack the Japanese army? Then attack! Isn't Sun Yumin able to fight? Then fight. Sun Tongxuan squinted his triangular eyes, and the look on his face was cold, making Shang Zhen who was close to him feel a little chill.

"But in case something happens to Sun Yumin, how can we explain to Chen Bui and the chairman of the committee?" Shang Zhen shook his head and denied the proposal.

Sun Tongxuan snorted coldly and said: "Brother Qiyu, you have been in charge of the government for so many years, you can't see through this at all, and it is not you and me who need to be explained to the above, but him Xue Yue Xue Boling." Even if there is joint and several liability, it will be a reprimand at best. ”

Shang Zhen patted his big head when he heard this, looked like he suddenly realized, and said, "Yes, yes, yes." But the twentieth division is Brother Yinting's family, isn't it a pity to send it like this? ”

"Compared with my life, I am willing to lose another twenty divisions."

"Okay, since Brother Yin Ting has made up his mind, I will also make a statement, as long as you rebuild the twenty divisions, I will be responsible for providing half of the weapons and one year's food."

"Is that true?"

"A gentleman's word!"

"Okay, Brother Qiyu, I thank you in advance." After saying this, Sun Tongxuan shouted outside the door: "Confidential secretary." ”

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After Sun Yumin received Sun Tongxuan's telegram, he was carefully looking at the surrounding map, thinking about the route of the army's attack. When he was irritable and depressed, Lin Yuanping led a soldier to the entrance of the division headquarters.

This soldier was sent by Zhanshutang, who had been in southwest Shandong for a few months, and the 81st Division had been stained with a lot of light from the 20th Division, and Zhanshutang was also kind, and at the critical moment, he did not forget this kindness, and sent someone to tell Sun Yumin about the quiet retreat of the Third Army and the other seven divisions of the 20th Group Army.

Hearing the news, Sun Yumin felt like he was hit by a thunderbolt from a sunny day, and his mind suddenly went blank.

In Jining in Heze, the defensive battles with the 14th Division were hard to bear, and I knew very well how hard and tired I was, and it was still with the help of the 81st Division that I would not fall behind. Now, Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen, in the case of concealing the truth, actually let the 20th Division take the initiative to attack, regardless of the unequal strength of the two sides, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army and the 13th Brigade on the side of Shangqiu alone are enough to drink a pot of their own.

Isn't the behavior of the two generals and commanders exactly pushing themselves into the fire and into the oil pot?

If it weren't for the secret of the exhibition hall, the twentieth division really sold people and didn't know it, this incident gave Sun Yumin a wake-up call, and also sounded a long alarm bell for him.

"Master, what should I do? Should we report it to the First Theater Command, perhaps in this way we can avoid the end of the 20th Division? Liu Wenzhi reminded Sun Yumin beside him.

"It's useless, we have no evidence to prove that they ran away, and recklessly suing will only bring shame on themselves, and then the mutton will not be eaten but will make a mess." Sun Yumin shook his head and vetoed the proposal.

"Then why don't we retreat after their tails?" Liu Wenzhi knew that this proposal would definitely not be accepted by him, but he still did not give up and said it.

"What's more, if you just let go of the passage and let the soil and fertilizer run, not to mention whether the officers and soldiers under our command agree or not, first of all, it will be laughed at by the ** departments, and secondly, it will chill the patriots of all parties, and then it will make the people of the world sad, and I myself will have no shame to see the Jiangdong fathers." Sun Yumin directly vetoed it without even thinking about it, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

"What then?"

"Isn't Tu Feiyuan very cautious? I'm going to give him the opposite today. Even if I can't gnaw on his bones, I'll peel off a layer of his skin. Sun Yumin slammed his fist on the table and said with gritted teeth.

"Master, what are you going to do?"

"Wen Zhi, I plan to concentrate my superior forces to attack the main force of Sanyi Saitu Feiyuan, penetrate the Japanese army from the front, and retreat."

Liu Wenzhi frowned when he heard this, and said, "Master, this is very difficult. The frontal attack of the Japanese army is not so easy to penetrate, not to mention that the attack from the front will be bombarded by the devil's heavy artillery, and the casualties will definitely be not small, and the tank squadron attached to the 14th Division will cause us great trouble. ”

"The devils have tank squadrons, and we also have armored battalions, if we meet on the battlefield, we may not be able to defeat them." Sun Yumin is well aware of the weaknesses of the Devil's Type 97 tank, so he will naturally not be afraid.

"Where is the armored battalion?"

"We don't, the Twenty-Seventh Army does." When Sun Yumin said this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, took off the Swiss watch in his hand, and shouted out of the door: "Lin Yuanping." ”

The half-devil didn't dare to see the little girl since he was discharged from the hospital, for fear that this little ancestor would be unhappy and come to clean up after him, so he stayed honestly in the division headquarters and the guard camp. Hearing Sun Yumin's call, he quickly ran in, saluted, and asked, "Master, are you calling me something?" ”

"Come, take this, find a way to mix it up in Kaifeng, and give this to Commander Gui of the 27th Army, and ask him to help the 20th Division." Sun Yumin said.

"Help us? Where do you need help? Lin Yuanping was confused by this sentence.

"You don't have to worry about this, you just bring the words." Sun Yumin made a slight calculation, and then said: "The area from Shangqiu to Sanyisai is in the hands of the Japanese army, and it may not be easy to walk." If the detour to Changyuan is too far, I'm afraid it's too late. You can think of a way, pretend to be a ghost soldier, go through from the front, and arrive at Lankao to find Brigade Commander Ma Weilong, or go directly to Kaifeng to find Deputy Division Commander Zhou Zhenqiang and Army Commander Gui Yongqing, just do it. Seeing that the half-devil seemed to still have questions, he continued: "The stakes are very high, whether the whole division can retreat or not is tied to you." Don't play with it. When you go, you can take Secretary Liu with you. ”

Sun Yumin has worn this watch for eight years and kept it for eight years, and he really has feelings for it, and if it weren't for such an emergency, he wouldn't have taken it out. Sun Yumin's purpose in returning the table is very simple, don't you Gui Yongqing owe me a life? Now it's time for you to return the favor. If the 27th Army can send troops, then the 20th Division will be considered to have survived most of the catastrophe.

Sun Yumin asked the half-devil to take Xiao Yuying with him when he set off, the purpose was also very simple, the bloody battle was imminent, and he didn't worry about this dead girl staying by his side. If something happens to her, no one can control her. Moreover, many regiment and brigade commanders of the 20th Division owe her affection, and then the mess will be big, and if you don't give the little girl a blind command, the 20th Division will be completely doomed.

"Master, this is absolutely not possible. I promise that I will be able to complete the task, but if I bring Miss Liu, this task will definitely not be completed. ”

"Why?" Sun Yumin asked.

"Shizao, I used to pretend to be a ghost soldier this time, if I brought a woman, I would definitely be robbed by those officers, you may not understand the hunger and thirst of the Japanese army's grassroots soldiers for women, once something goes wrong, what should we do?" Although Lin Yuanping really wanted the little girl to go with him, reason told him that this would not work.

"Are you doing it alone?" Liu Wenzhi asked.

"I want to ask Shizuo to send Head Dong and Xiao Shanzi to go with me, Head Dong's Japanese is good, Xiao Shanzi has also learned a lot of Japanese with me during this time, and it is not a problem to talk to people at all. With the two of them going together, we are guaranteed to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Sun Yumin naturally agreed, and watching the three subordinates wearing devil uniforms go away, a desolate feeling surged inexplicably in his heart.

Maybe Sun Yumin's sixth sense is very special, and his desolation at the moment is not without warning. The departure of Lin Yuanping and the three of them this time was just the beginning of the gradual dispersion of these life and death brothers around him, and by the end of this bloody battle, there were only a few people left around Sun Yumin.

Looking at the slightly emaciated back looking up at the door, Tang Chunhong's heart was also full of emotion, as a telecommunications director, she was very aware of the current situation of the 20th Division, and wanted to comfort him, but she was worried that she would arouse other sad things for him.

As soon as Sun Yumin turned around, he saw Tang Chunhong standing there looking at him, his eyes were full of pity, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked, "Is there anything strange about me?" You're looking at me like that. ”

"Nope." Tang Chunhong waited and smiled, took out a piece of paper from the folder, and said: "Sun Tongxuan called again, urging you to enter the army, and said that the other seven divisions have already started, and only the twentieth division is still grinding." ”

Sun Yumin wanted to get angry, and scolded in his heart: The other seven divisions started, and they all went to escape, and asked my 20th division to be cannon fodder for them, and they looked righteous and awe-inspiring, they are really not human!

Although he thought so in his heart, he would not show it in front of his subordinates, but silently took the message, glanced at it twice, and then crumpled it up and threw it out of the door. Then he smiled at Tang Chunhong and said: "Call him back, the 20th Division is still preparing for the attack, and it is expected to launch an attack on the enemy at noon tomorrow at the earliest." He didn't report when he really planned to attack, and since he couldn't trust them at all, why should he let them know his plan.

"Yes." Tang Chunhong's answer was very crisp, and her movements as soon as she finished speaking were also very neat.

"Wait a minute." Sun Yumin stopped Tang Chunhong, who was about to leave, and asked, "Do you have a collection of the secret telegram that you gave you last time to contact the 27th Army?" After seeing her nodding, Sun Yumin continued: "Immediately contact Zhou Zhenqiang, deputy commander of the 46th Division, and Ma Weilong, commander of the 138th Brigade, and ask them to send troops to assist me in attacking the Tufeiyuan Division." ”

"Will they listen?" Tang Chunhong hesitated.

"You don't have to worry about that, you just keep in touch with them."

"Yes." Tang Chunhong was ordered to go.

"Huang Baisheng." As soon as she left, Sun Yumin shouted at the top of her voice.

When Huang Baisheng, the current commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Guard Regiment, who Deng Dongping brought down from Nanjing, came in, he said: "Baisheng, you send two trustworthy brothers to find Commander Zhan of the 81st Division and help me bring him a message." ”

"Master, you say."

"Let Commander Zhan send a few small teams to bury explosives on the Yellow River crossing within the range of the troops, and say that I asked him to do this."

Sun Yumin did not expect that this temporary move he took would cause heavy casualties to the arrogant 14th Regiment, so that later, the Japanese troops invading China rarely used the original ferry on the river, and if the bridge was blown up, they would rather spend manpower and material resources to build a pontoon bridge than use the old ferry.

The 81st Division was also commended by the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs for this unintentional move that took almost no effort, and Zhanshutang himself was even more imposing for a while.