"It's all Guangxing's negligence, don't be surprised!"

After the pre-war mobilization meeting, the officers at all levels of the 500 Army were busy going back to arrange the aftermath of the troops. Of course, there are also people who want to report something to Gao Quan, and when they see this meeting, they all slipped away first, and they waited outside for something, and the military seat and the secretary general had important matters to discuss, and idle people avoided them.

Secretary Wu saw that the military seat was to blame, and quickly stood up and apologized, "The order of the military committee was too urgent and too sudden, and Guangxing also lost his calculations, and was anxious to ask the military seat to come back to preside over the overall situation, so he was disrespectful in his words, and I ask the military seat to forgive me." ”

"Humph! I don't blame you for your attitude on the phone, I'm just asking you, why didn't you talk to me before the meeting for such a big matter? It's good to just give a reminder! What is this? There was a meeting, and in front of so many people, you announced the order to change the war zone and prepare for war, and you made me very passive! "Wu Guangxing's essence is good, and Gao Quan still admires him, so although he is to blame, he is not really angry with the secretary in his heart.

"Oh, that's what the military seat said!" Wu Guangxing slapped his head with his hand, and looked suddenly enlightened, "Alas, as soon as I saw this order from the Military Commission, I was left without a master, so I thought about quickly getting the military seat back, gathering all the people, and announcing the order for everyone to know." It's inconvenient to say on the phone about such a big thing, and at that time I was thinking that I would report it in person after the military seat came back, who wanted to see the military seat after I felt relieved, and I forgot about the first report. Complain about me, Guangxing promises, never do it again in the future! If you have something, you must report it to the military seat first. ”

Gao Quan looked at Wu Guangxing, and he didn't look like he was lying, this nerd! He was not afraid to fight with devils on the battlefield, and when he saw the transfer order of the Military Commission, he was nervous like this! I don't know how Chen Cheng chose such a person to come to the 500 Army? This guy can't have some nepotism with Minister Chen, right? Gao Quan maliciously speculated about the relationship between the secretary general and the political minister.

"Throne?" Seeing that Gao Quan was staring at himself and didn't speak, Wu Guangxing called out tentatively.

"Huh? Oh, Guangxing, the 500th Army is going to fight in the third theater of operations, this is not a trivial matter. As for the transfer of the military headquarters, I have to worry about you a lot, I want to go to the troops below to have a look, and I can't let the troops have any accidents before they set off! ”

"The military department has Director Hong in charge, and I can also go to the troops below to do ideological work." This hasn't started yet, Gao Quan is about to throw the military headquarters to him, Wu Guangxing is unwilling, and immediately finds a reason for himself to get off the army, he wants to hand over the military department to Director Hong.

"Director Hong is a colonel, and it's okay to sit in the town temporarily. Now the whole army has to be pulled out and fight in the war zone, which is a great matter in the 500 army! Or the secretary general can stay in the military headquarters to control the scene. If there is an order from above, the secretary can also deal with it. You're a military commander! Well, that's it! After Gao Quan finished speaking, he straightened up and walked away.

"You're still the commander, isn't it more suitable than me to stay in the town?" Secretary Wu watched Gao Quan's back disappear at the door and muttered in a low voice. The official level crushed people to death, there was no way, there was a commander who loved the army, and the secretary had to pick up the missing pieces in the back.

From 14 to 17 May 1942, the front-line units of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Fenghua, Shangyu, Shaoxing, Xiaoshan, and Fuyang launched an offensive successively. Its main direction of attack is in the eastern section of Zhejiang-Jiangxi Road.

The Japanese 70th Division first began its operations from the Fenghua and Xikou areas on the evening of 14 May, and attacked in the direction of Yongkang through Jianshan Town and Anwen Town. On the morning of 15 May, the 22nd Division moved south from Shangyu along the Cao'e River, passing through Sanjie and Shengxian to attack in the direction of Dongyang; On the evening of 15 May, the Kono Brigade attacked from Shaoxing in the direction of Yiwu via Fengqiao Town; On the night of 15 May, the 15th Division crossed the Puyang River from the vicinity of Xiaoshan and moved south along the west bank to attack in the direction of the Pujiang River via Zhuji; The 116th Division commanded the Harada Brigade to attack from the northwest of Fuyang on the morning of 16 May along the west bank of the Fuyang River in the direction of Jiande; The 32nd Division departed from Fuyang at 14 a.m. on 17 May and advanced behind the 116th Division.

All of a sudden, the battle clouds were thick, and the 13th Army of the Japanese Army launched a large-scale attack on the garrison area of our third theater with black clouds overwhelming the city!

The defending units of the Provisional Ninth Army and the Eighty-eighth Army of the Third Theater fought fierce battles with the Japanese troops from all walks of life, and the flames of war were once again ignited on the land of China.

Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater of Operations, originally planned to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army in the Jinhua and Lanxi areas, and had already mobilized heavy troops to the area. Unexpectedly, this battle plan was vetoed by the Military Commission!

On 17 May, the Central Military Commission sent a telegram: The 74th Army, the 26th Army, the 500th Army, and the New Fifth Army should be assembled near Quzhou, and we must not reluctantly control the areas around Jin and Lan to prevent them from being broken by the Japanese army one by one.

The Third Theater then changed the troop layout and concentrated the main forces near Quzhou, leaving only the Provisional Ninth Army and the Eighty-eighth Army to resist near Jinhua and Lanxi. On 28 May, after stubborn resistance from the defenders, Jinhua was occupied by the Japanese 70th Division, the 22nd Division, and the Kono Brigade, and Lanxi was occupied by the Japanese 15th Division on the same day.

On the morning of 28 July, Naoji Sakai, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, was seriously injured by a mine 15 kilometers from Lanxi and died instantly. The history of the Japanese army said: "The current division commander was killed in action, for the first time since the creation of the army. ”

On 29 May, the Japanese army sent the 70th Division to stay in Jinhua and Lanxi, and the 15th Division continued to advance to the Longyou area after changing the division commander; The other divisions of the 13th Army have advanced to the north and south of Longyou to assemble and make a gesture of attacking Quzhou.

The war began as expected, and the whole army of the 500 Army was ordered to open the water and rush to the third theater to participate in the battle.

Before leaving, Gao Quan, Wang Yaowu, Sun Dianying, and Ding Zhipan exchanged news, and the four troops were all from the Ninth Theater to support the Third Theater, and the orders given by the Military Commission to these four units were all to assemble in Quzhou and prepare to participate in the Battle of Quzhou. We are all allies on the battlefield, and communicating with each other first will make it easier to work together more happily in the future.

For Ding Zhipan, Gao Quan was not too impressed, and the exchange of telegrams was just out of polite considerations. Gao Quan, Wang Yaowu and the three division commanders of the 74th Army can be regarded as quite friendly, and they have always been called brothers to each other, and it is normal for them to greet each other before going to the battlefield and ask each other to take more care of each other. Commander Wang Yaowu expressed his expectation that he and Gao Quan could fight side by side again.

When he telegraphed with Sun Dianying, Commander Sun was obviously a little worried about the future battle, and the idea of asking Gao Quan to take care of him in the telegram was more obvious. Everything depends on chance, it's really hard to say who will take care of who on the battlefield.