Xiao Siming's good news, after being revised by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, was directly transmitted to the First Theater Commander's Department and the Wuhan Military Commission. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was already late at night, but the lights were still bright in the headquarters of the commander of the first theater in Luoyang, the radio transceiver was ticking non-stop, and the sound of staff officers making phone calls came and went.

Xue Yue commanded the Eastern Henan Corps and Hu Zongnan commanded the 17th Army Corps to besiege the 14th Division of the Japanese Army in the Lanfeng area of eastern Henan.

Cheng Qian, commander of the First Theater Theater, Yan Xunfu, chief of staff, and Zhang Xuxing, deputy chief of staff, were all sitting in the war room, and there was an operational map hanging on the wall in front of them.

Looking at the fifth situation map marked by the staff officer, Cheng Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "According to the current situation, the Tufei Round Division has become a turtle in the urn, and there is no luck!" Chief of Staff, send a report to Commander Xue and Commander Hu, ordering them to urge the troops to step up the offensive and not give the Japanese a chance to breathe! ”

Cheng Qian was full of confidence at this time, because the troops were progressing smoothly, and the 71st Army had captured Lanfeng Station and was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army; The 74th Army and the 64th Army have also entered the area of Luowangji and made contact with the enemy, if nothing else, tomorrow, the 74th Army and the 64th Army will be able to capture the Luowangji area, and the 71st Army will be able to launch an attack on Lanfeng County.

Yan Xunfu immediately dictated the telegram and asked the staff officer on duty to record it and send it to the front.

After sending the telegram, Zhang Xuxing, deputy chief of staff, complained: "It's all Gui Yongqing's unauthorized retreat, otherwise, the Tufei Yuan Division would have become a turtle in the urn a long time ago, and the battlefield situation would not have developed like this!" ”

Zhang Xuxing's complaint was justified, the Tufei Yuan Division smuggled across the Yellow River, the lone army was in danger, and had fallen into the siege of the Yudong Corps, the 51st Division of the 74th Army and the 1 brigade of the 88th Division of the 71st Army recovered Neihuang occupied by the Japanese army after fierce fighting, and the 87th Division of the 71st Army recovered Yifeng. The 71st Army and the 74th Army recaptured the villages of Ximaoguzhai, Yanglou, and Helou, further compressing the Japanese army.

Tu Feiyuan saw that the situation was not right, so he began to break through. Unexpectedly, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army had just attacked the Yangguji and Shuangtaji areas of Gui Yongqing's 27th Army in the direction of Lanfeng, and it was only one day that it broke through the first-line position, so Gui Yongqing ordered the main force of the 27th Army to withdraw to Kaifeng and abandoned Lanfeng City to the 88th Division of Long Muhan of the 71st Army. As a result, Long Muhan forgot all about the national righteousness and the spirit of the War of Resistance, and retreated without authorization on the night of the 23rd, allowing the Japanese army to take Lanfeng lightly, cutting off the Longhai Railway at once, and directly threatening Kaifeng, the capital of Henan Province.

If Gui Yongqing's 27th Army had not retreated without authorization and blocked the Tufeiyuan breakthrough channel, the Eastern Henan Corps would have been able to trap the Tufeiyuan Division far away from the rear supply line even if it was besieged!

Of course, this is the idea of Cheng Qian, Yan Xunfu, and Zhang Xuxing, and even the thoughts of Chairman Jiang, Xue Yue, and the bigwigs of the Military Commission. They did not know the true combat effectiveness of the Tufei Yuan Division, and they did not know that the Tufei Yuan Division was no longer a division, but a super-large division that had strengthened five field heavy artillery wings and strengthened tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles.

Tu Feiyuan's real intention was to capture the Yellow River crossing, rely on the Yellow River crossing to receive supplies, and establish contact with the Japanese army on the other side of the Yellow River to form the 4th Brigade and Regiment, and provide each other with Austrian assistance!

As for the siege of the Eastern Henan Corps, Tu Feiyuan, the big spy who planned the puppet Manchukuo, didn't care very much, he knew too much about China, and he also knew too much about the factions of the Chinese army, and he knew it very well, with the current mobility and artillery intensity of the 14th Division, where would he see the encirclement of the Eastern Henan Corps, he could leave if he wanted to, stay if he wanted, and he was very arrogant!

The reason why Tu Feiyuan is so arrogant is because the current 14th Division has been strengthened into a mechanized division by the First Army, and its combat effectiveness is very strong!

How many troops did the Japanese army have when it launched the 918 Incident, and didn't it sweep through the northeast? Now the strength and firepower in Tu Feiyuan's hands exceed the strength and firepower of the Japanese army in the northeast at the time of the 918 Incident, where will the old devil Tu Feiyuan be afraid of the siege of the Yudong Corps!

Of course, this is also excessive arrogance. Although the 14th Division was reinforced by the First Army, its firepower was fierce and its mobility was strong, but after all, it was a lone soldier and was far away from the rear supply lines. The reason is very simple, gasoline and diesel sometimes burn out, and shells sometimes run out. Once the replenishment of the Tufei Circle Division is problematic, those tanks, cars, and armored vehicles are all living coffins, and howitzers, cannons, mountain artillery, and field artillery are without shells, and they are not even as good as burning sticks, all of them are burdensome!

The key point is whether the national army holding the front line of Shangqiu in eastern Henan can block the offensive of the Japanese 16th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, the 13th Brigade and the 10th Division, so that they cannot advance eastward to rescue the Tufei Yuan Division!

Chairman Chiang, the bigwigs of the Military Commission, Cheng Qian, Yan Xunfu, Zhang Xuxing, and others should have seen this very clearly, and the Eighth Army, an elite unit of the Central Army, was deployed in Shangqiu, under the command of army commander Huang Jie.

To deal with a steel hedgehog like the 14th Division, the correct tactic should be a siege war, after compressing it in a certain area, cut off its transportation, deep trenches, and besiege it heavily, completely trapping him! It is a pity that the Japanese army advancing west from Xuzhou attacked so fast that there was not much time left for the national * army to encircle and annihilate the Tufeiyuan Division. The Command had to strictly order the Eastern Henan Corps and the 17th Army Corps to advance east and west, and attack the whole line on the evening today!

If the Eastern Henan Corps can annihilate the Tufeiyuan Division in one fell swoop, and turn back to meet the Japanese army advancing westward with the power of a great victory, the battlefield situation may be reversed in a flash!

The problem is that nothing is wishful thinking!

Yan Xunfu seemed to be trying to supplement the words of Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Xuxing, when a sentence suddenly popped up: "Long Muhan should die!" Not killing is not enough to boost military discipline, civilian indignation, and thank the countrymen! ”

Long Muhan is the favorite general of the Central Military Department and Chairman Jiang, he shouldn't die, Yan Xunfu said it doesn't count, Cheng Qian doesn't count what he said, then he has to report to Chairman Jiang and ask Chairman Jiang to decide!

In fact, Long Muhan and Gui Yongqing are just fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter! If Long Muhan should be killed, what should Gui Yongqing, who took the lead in retreating, do? Han Fuqu was dealt with by military law because he retreated without authorization, Li Fuying in the Shanxi battlefield was dealt with by military law because he did not hold Tianzhen and Yanggao, and Gui Yongqing and Long Muhan of the Central Army retreated without authorization, what should I do?

Long Muhan was arrested yesterday, May 24, by order of Chairman Chiang. Yan Xunfu was worried that Chairman Jiang would be different from each other, so he had a bodhisattva's heart, and finally spared Long Muhan, but he didn't do it!

Yan Xunfu still has nothing to say, that is, Gui Yongqing should also be dealt with by military law. It's just that Gui Yongqing is the descendant of Chairman Chiang's lineage, and he is a general, who once led the teaching corps to fight the Japanese invaders in the Songhu battlefield and the defense of Nanjing, and fought the troops to the end. Yan Xunfu didn't dare to say that Gui Yongqing would also be dealt with by military law!

Cheng Qian is a figure of the father of the Republic of China, he has experienced more ups and downs, and he has seen more rights and wrongs, and when he heard the words, he said: "There is no need to mention this matter, Jiang Gong has his own judgment!" ”

The commander said this, Yan Xunfu and Zhang Xuxing naturally had nothing to say!

In fact, at this time, Long Muhan, under the command of Song Xilian, the commander of the 71st Army, was storming Lanfeng and fighting bloodily. But he withdrew from the Lan Seal City without authorization, which is a stain that cannot be erased!

Chairman Chiang was in Luoyang City at this time, personally commanding the Battle of Lanfeng, and maintaining telephone and radio contact with the front line. He was very clear about Long Muhan's unauthorized evacuation of Lanfeng. What to do, that's his business!

After a while, Yan Xunfu suggested again: "Commander Cheng, everything must be reserved for retreat, in case the westward advance of the Japanese army is too fast, and our army cannot completely annihilate the Tufeiyuan Division before the arrival of the westward advancing Japanese army, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou will be extremely dangerous." At that time, the Central Plains war situation will be rotten. Shouldn't we report to the chairman of the committee on our plan to divert water to repel the enemy? ”

Yan Xunfu's plan to divert water to resist the enemy is to dig the embankment of the Yellow River and use the yellow water to resist the enemy, forming a natural barrier to separate the Japanese army from our army and prevent the Japanese army from advancing westward along the Longhai Road, so as to provide valuable deployment time for the defense of Wuhan!

This plan is highly confidential, but for Cheng Qian, Yan Xunfu, and Zhang Xuxing, it is not a secret, but a necessary strategic action that will be implemented at any time!

When Yan Xunfu was the chief of staff of the Wuhan camp, he had already put forward a plan to divert water to resist the enemy. It was not only him, but also high-level figures in the national army who studied the strategy of the Sino-Japanese war long ago. In April, Chen Guofu had already reported to Chairman Chiang.

Cheng Qian's answer was to slow down a little longer, wait and see!

The meaning of waiting to see is to see if this battle can completely annihilate the Tufeiyuan Division!

As soon as Cheng Qian's voice fell, the confidential staff officer on duty sent a telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army!

After glancing at it, just a glance, Cheng Qian ordered loudly: "Take the combat map of Hebei and Shandong!" ”

Yan Xunfu Dongcheng Qian took the telegram in his hand and looked at it, and also exclaimed: "The Eighth Route Army has captured Texas? God help me! ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Xuxing ordered the operational staff officers to hang up the operational maps of Hebei and Shandong quickly!

After a while, the map hung up, and Cheng Qian, Yan Xunfu, and Zhang Xuxing all stood in front of the map and began to study it.

After looking at it for a while, Cheng Qian sighed: "I really can't imagine that the Japanese army is so ferocious, and the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army without a regular number dares to pull out its teeth and attack and occupy Dezhou!" This news is a relief for our first war zone! Chief of Staff, contact the Chairman's guard officer immediately, I want to see you urgently! (To be continued.) )