On May 22, Bai Fei and his entourage finally arrived in Zhengzhou after a nearly 30-hour trip.

Along the way, Bai Fei complained a lot, the train speed of this era is really slow enough, compared with the trains that often traveled hundreds of kilometers per hour in later generations, the current train speed is really not much different from that of a snail, and the average speed is only twenty or thirty kilometers per hour.

Originally, the train was slow, and Bai Fei was inevitably a little depressed after sitting on it for a long time, who knew that the Japanese planes on the way to the train also flew to harass him, and even bombed the train several times.

Bai Fei was angry, and immediately ordered the air defense force to climb to the roof of the car, and after shooting down 3 planes in succession, it was much calmer along the way.

After arriving in Zhengzhou, Bai Fei led the troops to immediately change to the Longhai line to the east, and after another two hours' drive, they arrived in Kaifeng. This place is already very close to the front line, and Xue Yue's headquarters is located here.

After Bai Fei and the others got out of the car, they saw Qiu Qingquan, who had come to pick up the car, waiting outside. Bai Fei was quite surprised, and only after careful questioning did he know that Qiu Qingquan was rescued by Bai Fei from Zihe County, and soon after returning to Wuhan, he was transferred to the 27th Army by Gui Yongqing.

In August 1938, the 37th and 39th armies suffered serious losses in the Battle of Songhu and were unable to recover, so ****** simply formed the 27th Army of the National Revolutionary Army by combining the 37th and 39th armies, which was subordinate to the First War Zone of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

After Gui Yongqing was promoted to army commander, he felt that his foundation in the 27th Army was weak, so he seconded many old subordinates of the teaching corps, and Ba Wang was able to control the troops as soon as possible, and Qiu Qingquan was one of them. But this move is not ****** wanted.

Soon after, Du Yuming's first armored corps was expanded to the 200th Division, ----and Qiu Qingquan was ****** appointed as the deputy commander of the 200th Division and the commander of the First Assault Column.

Speaking of armored divisions, but in fact, Qiu Qingquan has a thousand people in his hands at this time, less than 20 tattered tanks and armored vehicles, and in the battle a few days ago, some were consumed, and now it looks even worse. However, there are a lot of cars, almost more than 100.

After Bai Fei and Qiu Qingquan exchanged a few words, seeing that he was not in good spirits, he asked, "Brother Qiu, how did you get it?" So haggard! ”

Qiu Qingquan smiled bitterly: "It's not that I'm not troubled by the war, but I'm relieved if you come." Let's go, I came to pick you up on Xue Yue's orders. ”

Boarding the car brought by Qiu Qingquan, the group of the military police directly under the Central Committee was dragged away.

At this time, the streets of Kaifeng City were full of people fleeing west with their families and mouths, and the more Bai Fei looked through the car window, the more he felt uncomfortable. Qiu Qingquan sighed and said: "Now that the Japanese soldiers are coming to Lanfeng, if Lanfeng can't hold it, Kaifeng will definitely not be guaranteed, the people are so panicked, all of this is caused by the incompetence of our party ** people..."

Bai Fei was a little depressed and said, "How did you do it?" I heard that Lanfeng has an army of more than 100,000 troops, but it can't stop a division of the Japanese army? ”

Qiu Qingquan was a little ashamed on his face, and sighed: "Since the consumption of the battles of Shanghai and Nanjing, there are now a lot of injuries in various departments, although the number of recruits is enough, the number of recruits is too large, and the combat effectiveness has declined seriously. Moreover, the 14th Division of the Japanese army that came this time had more than 100 tanks and a lot of artillery, so the battle was very difficult..."

Bai Fei said: "It's just one reason. ”

Qiu Qingquan smiled bitterly: "You're right. After several major battles, the ministers have long lost the enthusiasm and pride of the Songhu battlefield, and most of their troops are tired of division labor, but they are still intriguing and always want to retain their strength, even Gui Yongqing is getting more and more, x! ”

Qiu Qingquan said angrily and burst into a foul language.

Bai Fei said: "Could it be that they forgot what happened to Han Fuyu?" ”

Qiu Qingquan said: "It is precisely because Han Fuyu's fate is still vivid, otherwise the defenders on the Lanfeng battlefield would have run out long ago." ”

Bai Fei was speechless for a while.

At this time, the convoy entered the former enemy headquarters set up by Xue Yue near Hanjinzhai east of Kaifeng City, and after Bai Fei got out of the car, he walked towards the headquarters with Qiu Qingquan. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw that Xue Yue and a group of staff officers had already come out.

Xue Yue opened his mouth and said: "Oh, Zhenyu, you are finally here, there is a loss of distance, there is a loss of distance!" ”

Bai Fei saw that Xue Yue's face was happy, and he didn't seem to be fake, so he stood up straight and saluted: "Commander Xue, the regiment directly under the Central Committee of the Military Police has come to report. ”

Xue Yue took his hand cordially and said: "Zhenyu, although you and I have never met, but I have heard of your heroic deeds, this time I have sent you to supervise the battle, I am much more relieved to have you!" ”

This is the second time he has said this kind of thing today, and he couldn't help but secretly say: Could it be that his prestige is really so high now? As soon as you come, the army will be determined?

Not to mention, Bai Fei's current prestige, especially in terms of fighting, is really high.

As the saying goes, the shadow of a tree's name. Since the beginning of Taihang Mountain and the defense of Nanjing, Bai Fei has also experienced dozens of battles. Basically, he has won many battles and never suffered a big loss, and the combat effectiveness of his subordinates has long been known to the best officers. Moreover, in previous battles, if there are dangerous drudgeries such as covering, breaking the rear, blocking, and attracting firepower, Bai Fei is also the first to take the lead, "In order to cover his teammates, he would rather sacrifice himself", such a character is very rare in the ** team with many factions, so most people are willing to cooperate with Bai Fei, at least they don't have to worry about being sold by him.

In fact, the biggest problem facing the team now lies in the word "trust". Before the outbreak of the war, ****** reluctantly unified China, but this unification only existed in face. The Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, the Jin Sui Army, the Gui Army, the Sichuan Army, etc., and even the Central Army of the ****** are also full of mountains. It was not until the Japanese invasion of China that the warlords in various places continued to support the central government. After the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people of the whole country was high, and the soldiers also broke out bloody, and on the Songhu battlefield, local troops from all over the country went to the front line one after another, and desperately resisted the enemy regardless of sacrifice, and indeed staged a lot of singing and crying stories. But now that the enthusiasm has retreated, the generals who once belonged to different camps have become more cautious. In the face of the national crisis, although no one dares to risk the world's condemnation and do excessively foolish things, it is impossible for the generals to unite with the outside world as sincerely as the Songhu battlefield. You guard against me, I guard against you, or you do everything possible to retain your strength, or occasionally there are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the slightest carelessness is enough to lead to the defeat of a battle.

It is no wonder that more than 100,000 troops could not stop a division of more than 20,000 Japanese troops. Everyone has their own thoughts, and they don't have the strength to work in one place, and if they can still win a battle, it will be a miracle.

Due to Bai Fei's deeds in previous wars against Japan, the vast majority of ** officers have an inexplicable sense of trust in Bai Fei, and Xue Yue is of course no exception. Coupled with the fact that he had already been overwhelmed by the war at this time, Bai Fei's arrival made him feel at ease, and he was much more confident in the Lanfeng war.

Xue Yue said enthusiastically: "Zhenyu, you have been tired of traveling, I have already ordered someone to prepare a meal, let's go, eat first." ”

Bai Fei was about to speak, when a soldier suddenly ran over, saluted Xue Yue and said: "Report to the commander, the front line is urgent, the Japanese army has broken through Lanfeng, and the defending Gui Yongqing 27th Army is withdrawing westward. ”

"What?" Xue Yue was shocked and scolded: "How did this damn Gui Yongqing fight? Lan Feng was cut off as soon as he lost the Longhai line, and now there are still many main forces in the direction of Xuzhou that have not withdrawn, and the order is given to him, and he is immediately ordered to recapture Lan Feng, otherwise military law will be engaged! ”

Although Xue Yue said so, he himself was also very helpless, he was only the former enemy commander, and Gui Yongqing's 27th Army was now subordinate to the First War Zone, and Gui Yongqing was related to He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, He Yingqin had taken care of him many times, and Gui Yongqing was also ******'s descendant, even if the war was lost and he was sued to ******, in the end, it was a big thing and a small matter. He couldn't help Gui Yongqing at all.

So Xue Yue said to Bai Fei again: "Zhenyu, I was going to accompany you to eat and drink, but now the situation is urgent, it seems that only you can stabilize the situation..."

Bai Fei said: "Chief Xue doesn't have to be polite, I came here this time to fulfill the responsibility of supervising the war, so I will take my subordinates to the front line, if there is still a fear of war, I must kill the ring!" ”

Bai Fei said to the end, his eyes were full of cold light, and the murderous aura was exposed. The group of staff officers standing around were shocked, and even Xue Yue secretly took a breath of cold air. had a good relationship with Gui Yongqing, so he immediately quietly left the arraignment.