February 14, 27th year of the Republic of China.

February 14, 1938.

The 10th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Seya Brigade Chichai Yae Zangbu, the 10th Independent Machine Gun Brigade, the 10th Independent Armored Vehicle Squadron, the Temporary Field Artillery Squadron, the Temporary Mountain Artillery Squadron and the 32nd Division of the Puppet Army that cooperated with the attack, after attacking Gunzhou for three consecutive days, were counterattacked by the 20th Division, first of all, the two artillery squadrons were hit by the annihilating blow of Sun Jiehai's artillery regiment, and in less than ten minutes, the two Japanese artillery squadrons were bombarded to pieces together with their field artillery and mountain artillery, What followed was the three regiments of the 20th Division outflanked in three directions, plus the remnants of the 117th and 118th regiments of Li Tiedan's 59th Brigade that rushed out of the city of Gunzhou, forming a large pocket, constantly compressing the living space of the Seya Division.

Sun Tongxuan, who had been paying attention to the radio station of the 20th Division, received a report from the telegrapher, saying that when the 20th Division surrounded the puppet army of nearly 10,000 days in the direction of Gunzhou, he turned from his previous anger to joy, and immediately ordered the 481st and 482nd regiments of the 241st Brigade of the 81st Division Zhanshutang near Shangqiu to rush to help. This major result was immediately reported to the Fifth Theater Command.

When Tang Chunhong brought the order of the Fifth War Zone to Sun Yumin, he knew that someone was afraid that he would have indigestion, so he hurriedly sent two groups of reinforcements to come quickly.

Sun Yumin had no dislike for Li Zongren, but when he saw the telegram with a mandatory command he sent, he scolded him for a long time, and the telegram clearly stated that he would wait for the arrival of the 81st Division of the 12th Army and Cao Fulin's 55th Army, and then change the encirclement and change the defense, and let them finish it, and all units of the 20th Division would take advantage of the situation to recover Qufu, Zoucheng, Surabaya, Ningyang, and Dongping, and then take Tai'an if they had the opportunity.

I can't help but be angry with Sun Yumin, not to mention that I want to give up this great battle achievement, just let the 20th Division of the already exhausted division be sent to attack the fortification, this is originally difficult for a strong man, not to mention that even if these five places are taken according to the order, how to defend, face the ferocious 10th Division of the Japanese Army with the strength of one division, and face this criminal division and regiment that belongs to the heavy artillery brigade, this is not clear about sending sheep into the mouth of the tiger!

Sun Yumin stared at Tang Chunhong with his eyes, and asked sharply, "How do those surnamed Sun and those surnamed Li know about our battle situation." ”

Tang Chunhong was not afraid of this division seat who was glaring at him, and said: "I found the military seat last night to report to the Fifth War Zone, and when I was looking for you, you guarded that Miss Chen all night, and I couldn't help it." ”

Sun Yumin was very embarrassed, he was a little embarrassed, and then asked, "Then how did he know?" ”

"You forgot, he bought this set of passwords at a high price." Tang Chunhong had no expression on her face, and her voice was cold so that Sun Yumin could feel that she was different from a few days ago.

Only then did he discover that there was another person who was usually noisy and didn't know where to go, and he asked, "Have you seen Yuying?" ”

"Nope!" The voice was still cold. "May I ask how the division seat will reply to the Fifth Theater Command?"

"No reply!" Sun Yumin didn't even think about this and blurted it out.

"If it's okay, I'll go." Tang Chunhong had already turned around when he finished speaking.

"Send a telegram to Li Tiedan and them, and order them to launch a general attack immediately after the artillery regiment bombardment. I ate up the Japanese puppet army in the encirclement. Sun Yumin said: "Inform Sun Jiehai and let him run out all the shells." ”

"Yes!" Tang Chunhong quickly recorded the order, did not repeat it as before, closed the folder and left.

"Wait." Sun Yumin has been very accustomed to the habit of these women changing their faces from time to time, and he didn't bother to ask and get to the bottom of it, so he continued: "Call Wuhan, report the matter to Director Chen, and ask him to make a decision." ”

"You better just say the content, the little girl is a shallow learner and won't summarize, for fear of misinterpreting your meaning." Tang Chunhong's voice was still cold, and he didn't give Sun Yumin, the head of the first division, half face.

"What's wrong with you today?" Sun Yumin was a little angry, he was not in a good mood after receiving these inexplicable telegrams, and now he was still scolded by this little girl.

Tang Chunhong slapped the folder in his hand on the table and said, "What's wrong with me?" I want to ask you what's wrong? Sister Lu Man gave almost everything for you, and also abandoned the pampered life, and followed you to the battlefield where you don't know when you will die, you are good, when I saw a Chen Yun who I didn't think was good, I threw people aside and ignored them. Tang Chunhong almost finished saying these words with a roar, and said at the end: "She is now having a high fever, have you ever cared about her?" ”

Sun Yumin was yelled at by this woman who had not been in contact with him for a long time, but his mind was a little clear, and he also found that he had indeed gone a little too far, but he didn't know what was going on, as soon as he saw Chen Yun, he could immediately put anything aside.

"Where is she now? Not too much of a problem, right? Sun Yumin was a little anxious, and he said, "Take me to see." ”

Tang Chunhong sneered twice and whispered, "Hypocrisy." ”

Sun Yumin also heard this, and his face suddenly burned, but as if he hadn't heard it, his voice became soft: "Director Tang, can you please take me to see her?" ”

Tang Chunhong glanced at him and said helplessly: "You better not go, she cried all night last night, and she was confused in the morning, so let her sleep a little longer." She picked up the folder that had just been slapped on the table and said, "I'm going to send a message, I won't tell Director Chen about it, you can handle it yourself." ”

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After Chen Bui received the telegram from Sun Yumin, he scolded Sun Tongxuan and Li Zongren for not being people, in fact, he didn't attribute this great credit to his son-in-law Sun Yumin early in his heart.

Chen Bui, who didn't care much about fame and fortune all his life, began to help each other intentionally or unintentionally since he acquiesced to this son-in-law. That's why he was so angry after receiving this telegram, but when he saw that Sun Yumin said at the end of the telegram that he had launched a general offensive, and it was estimated that a battle report would be reported in a few hours, and asked him to help withstand the pressure from the Fifth War Zone and the Twelfth Army, Chen Bui smiled and scolded in his heart: This little guy is really better than Sun Monkey.

He put the message in his pocket, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the office to Lao Jiang's office.

After listening to Chen Bui's report, Jiang Guangtou saw that he was not only angry when he was reporting, but also looked angry after speaking, so he asked: "Yan Ji, why are you so opposed to letting the 20th Division recover Tai'an and other places?" ”

"President, don't you see that this is Li Zongren, Sun Tongxuan and others robbing you of your credit? Everyone knows that Sun Yumin, the twentieth master, is my son-in-law Chen Bui, and also knows that our son-in-law is your person. As the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner's face, but the way they look now, which is slapping Sun Yumin's face, they are clearly pumping your face. ”

Chen Bui saw that Jiang Guangtou's face was still expressionless, and continued: "Regardless of whether the merit is or not, think about it, since the 4th to today, Sun Yumin's troops have been fighting continuously for nearly half a month, and they are already exhausted, and the new recruits who have been replenished are not of great use. ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about. But you also know that in my position, sometimes I have to take care of the overall situation. In this way, you call Sun Yumin back and ask him to eat the Japanese puppet in his pocket first, and after the troops finish the battle, they will rest and recuperate on the front line of Gunzhou, Jining, and Heze, and prepare for another battle. ”

"Didn't you say you had to look at the big picture? In doing so, will Li Zongren have no opinion? When the time comes, put some small actions on the bright side, which is not good for you, the 20th Division, and Sun Yumin. ”

"I haven't finished my words yet, you let Sun Yumin fight quickly, don't be stingy after the fight, divide the capture and capture to Zhanshutang and Cao Fulin, the most important thing is to give a part of the battle achievements to others, after all, they all belong to the sequence of the Third Army and the Fifth War Zone, isn't what he Li Zongren and Sun Tongxuan want these empty things? It's a big deal to give it all to him, as for Yumin, his credit is in my memory, what else is he afraid of. Lao Jiang pointed to his chest and said.

"President, you're really good to this kid, I really don't have anything to say." Chen Bui said from the bottom of his heart.

"Yan Ji, you still don't know your son-in-law, I bet you haven't called him back yet, and he has definitely closed the net. You and I will wait for the good news. ”

In terms of the art of trade-offs, Chen Bui is really not as good as Jiang Guangtou, and he smiled awkwardly: "How dare I bet with the president, but according to that kid's temperament, your speculation is absolutely right." He did not say that Sun Yumin had already explained to him in the telegram that the general offensive was about to begin.

"Go and call him back, this kid is too fast, then our hard work will be in vain."

After Chen Bui heard Lao Jiang's urging, he turned around and was about to leave, but Lao Jiang said again: "Wait, Yan Ji." ”

Chen Bui hurriedly stopped, turned around and asked respectfully, "President, what else do you command?" ”

"You personally went to the Ministry of Military Affairs to find He Yingqin and asked him to replenish Sun Yumin's troops and equipment and materials, after such a big battle, he is now lacking everything. But if you want to make the five war zones replenish them, it is estimated that it will be difficult and difficult, Li Zongren will not be as generous as last time, Sun Yumin did not listen to his orders, there will definitely be a gap in his heart. Lao Jiang sighed, silently lay down on the rocking chair, waved his hand to Chen Bui, and signaled that he could go.

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When Sun Yumin got the call back from Wuhan, it was more than an hour later.

The thunderous shelling in the distance lasted for a long, long time, and it was terrifying just to hear it, and the Japanese puppet army in it didn't know how to feel.

Before this battle, the national army had never wasted ammunition so much, and Sun Jiehai probably fired more artillery on this day than some artillery regiments had fired since their formation. It is also the first time that the 10th Wing of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army has suffered such a high-density and high-intensity bombardment since its formation, and Chishiba Yaezo is extremely resentful at this moment The brigade commander Kei Setani is close at this moment, if it weren't for his insistence, how could his wing be firmly trapped here by the Chinese army, and how could he be subjected to shelling like rain in this place where there is nowhere to hide.

After Sun Yumin received a call from Sun Jiehai in the temporary war room saying that the shells had run out, he immediately ordered him to retreat to Heze with his troops and artillery, without going back to Jining, and asked Zhao Youqian's guard battalion to follow and protect their retreat.

In order to end the battle before the arrival of the two regiments of the 241st Brigade and Cao Fulin's 55th Army in the Zhanshutang Department, Sun Yumin also sent the 115th Regiment Lai Wenli's department, and now there is only one platoon left around to guard the division headquarters.

Li Tie bravely guarded the city for three days and three nights, looking at the soldiers and officers who kept falling, the grievance in his heart made him unbearable, and he shouted several times to go out of the city, but fortunately Deng Dongping was blocking him, otherwise he would really bring a death squad out of the city.

When there were fierce gunshots like fried beans from several directions outside the city, the telegram was finally sent to him, and when he saw the words of a full-scale counterattack, the bear-like Li Tie had tears in his eyes, and he cried and laughed as if he was in pain while hugging Deng Dongping.

When the troops of the 20th Division in all directions compressed the Japanese puppet army attacking the city of Gunzhou in a circle less than a kilometer in diameter, he received another order to wait for the artillery bombardment, and after the shelling was launched, a general attack was launched.

Deng Dongping did not go out of the city, just in case, his 117th regiment left a battalion, which he personally led to guard the city of Gunzhou, and he gave Li Tiedan the great credit for encircling the devils, not that he didn't want it, but that the city of Gunzhou was too important to be lost. He was also afraid that Li Tiedan, who was already the commander of the first brigade, would abandon the troops and kill there alone, so he told Lin Yuanping, who assisted in defending the city, to watch him to the death and prevent him from leaving the post of brigade commander without permission.

After more than an hour of continuous bombardment, the earth-shattering roar finally stopped, followed by the melodious sound of military trumpets in all directions.

In Li Tiedan's mind, the sound of the charging military horn is always the most beautiful sound, better than Xiao Yuying and Lu Man's voices, he didn't care about Deng Dongping's advice, and he didn't care about Lin Yuanping, who was half a head lower than him, and directly threw the half-devil to the ground, picked up a big knife and took the lead in rushing out of the trench, leaving Lin Yuanping who was scolding behind him.

Kei Seya was stunned by this long bombardment, he never thought that there would be such a scale of artillery bombardment in the Chinese army, the previous arrogance had been thrown outside Java, and the rest was all how to escape, if he died here, not only the entire 10th Division would be disgraced, but also his own family would be disgraced.

He kept urging the signal corps to call for help from the division commander Ryosuke Isoya, and also kept asking for help from the chief of staff who attacked Linyi with the 63rd Wing, and at the same time kept asking for help from the Japanese air team and the naval flight team in North China.

Kei Seya also knew that it was too late to rely on reinforcements, so he could only wait for the planes to arrive, and organized the Japanese army and the puppet army, which were less than 2,000 people left after being shelled, to make a strong breakthrough.

When the trumpet of the Shina army sounded in all directions, Kei Seya closed his eyes in disappointment, allowing the deafening shouts of killing and gunfire to ring out not far away.

Chishiba Yaezo gasped, almost close to Seya Kai's ear, and roared angrily, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, what should I do?" ”

Kei Seya was awakened by this roar, he opened his eyes suddenly, and said, "Break through to the north, the troops sent by the division commander are approaching us. ”

He had no choice, in order to give himself and the soldiers a way to live, he could only lie, the reinforcements had just set off at this time, and he didn't know when he would get closer to them.

Chishiba Yaezo didn't know about this trick, and he didn't debunk this lie, so he pulled out his katana and shouted in his mouth: "Attack with all your strength to the north." ”

Just as he finished shouting these words, Kei Seya suddenly shook twice, and his eyes emitted a strange brilliance, because he had already heard the roar of the aircraft engine, and through the heavy smoke on the battlefield, everyone could clearly see that more than a dozen fighters with plaster flags were flying in the sky.