The military situation is urgent, and it must be decided as soon as possible, and if it is late, it will be troublesome.

Huang Su served as the deputy political commissar of the Central Guard Division after the Zunyi Conference, and followed Liu Yimin all the way on the Long March, knowing the characteristics of Liu Yimin's civilian combat, and also knowing that Chen Shiqu, Wang Jian'an, and Tang Liang regarded the execution of orders as more important than life. However, the current situation is clearly laid out there, once the 35th Division of the Chinese Army crosses the Dawen River, our army's troops south of the Anjiazhuang line will inevitably fall into the flanking attack of devils. If it is not done well, it will be defeated by the devils, and then lead to a terrible situation in which the defense line of the whole army will be shaken and a rout will occur.

If such a situation really occurs, then it is not a matter of writing inspections and dismissals, but it is a matter of paying with lives!

Huang Su no longer hesitated, looked intently at the movement of the army's position on the front line of Anjiazhuang, and said to Chen Shiqu, Wang Jian'an, and Tang Liang: "In my capacity as the deputy director of the Political Department of the Teaching Instructor, the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region, and the political commissar of the Taixi Group, I order: 1. Immediately report to the division commander the changes in the enemy situation and ask for instructions. 2. Abandon the siege of the 13th Brigade of the Reading Mixed Brigade, and instruct Chen Shiqu to immediately deploy the troops south of Anjiazhuang to retreat to avoid being attacked by the enemy from both sides, and make preparations to withdraw the main force to the hilly and mountainous areas in the central part of Feicheng to deploy defenses, resist one by one, and prevent the enemy from reinforcing Jinan in the north. 3. All units on the southern front alternately cover and use mine formations to block the enemy's pursuit, withdraw without chaos and without dispersing, and ensure safe transfer. ”

After speaking, Huang Su said to Chen Shiqu and Wang Jian'an: "The two brigade commanders and division commanders have said that to test the ability and level of a military commander, we must not only look at the level of operational command of the offensive surname, but more importantly, we must look at the level of organizing the retreat. After all, our army has only been in existence for a short time, and it is easy to attack and fight, but it is difficult to retreat. Please deploy carefully and ensure the safe evacuation of troops. ”

At this time, Huang Su's order undoubtedly had a decisive effect, and it was the best time to retreat the troops south of Anjiazhuang at this time, and it might not be possible to withdraw if it was too late.

After a brief discussion between Chen Shiqu and Wang Jian'an, it was decided that the troops north of Anjiazhuang would quickly strengthen the defensive line, increase the depth allocation, and resolutely block the northern attack of the Yue army. Concentrate all artillery fire on the 13th Brigade of the Reading Mixed Brigade to cover the westward transfer of troops south of Anjiazhuang. The 1st Regiment of the General Reserve of the General Reserve Zhang Renchu and the Southwest Lu Garrison Regiment on the front line of Pengji south of Anjiazhuang was ordered to immediately turn to the front line of the Dawen River and enter the battle, attack the 35th Division head-on, and then quickly retreat to the west and serve as the rearguard of the troops south and west of Anjiazhuang in the northward retreat.

At this time, Major General Morita Masaho, commander of the 13th Brigade of the Mixed Brigade of the Army, had already received a telegram from Osamu Maeda, knowing that the advance of the 35th Division was about to arrive at the Dawen River, and the main force would soon arrive.

Morita Masatsu forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and ordered the 5th [***] Brigade of the Reading Infantry to go all out to defend to the north, and replenish all the engineer wings and search teams into the 57th, 58th, and 59th Brigades of the Reading Infantry, so that these three brigades were basically full, and armed the baggage wing to serve as a reserve, and asked the field artillery wing to turn its guns and aim at the position of the Eighth Route Army south of Anjiazhuang, and all the remaining four tanks and four armored vehicles were also transferred to the south, preparing to cooperate with the 35th Division to flank the Eighth Route Army south of Anjiazhuang, creating a record of the army's elimination of the Eighth Route Army's instructors.

Morita Masahomi had suffered a big loss from the Eighth Route Army, and under normal circumstances, he would not dare to pursue the Eighth Route Army instructor. But now that he has judged the situation, he knows that the Eighth Route Army besieging him is by no means the main force of the Eighth Route Army that destroyed the Eighth Division and the Tenth Division. He had learned the firepower of the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Beijipo, and knew that if the main force of the Eighth Route Army was here, his reading power would have been wiped out long ago.

Therefore, Morita Masatsu sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Maeda Osamu Maeda, commander of the 35th Division, saying that although the Eighth Route Army besieging him was a regular unit, with Isshi's equipment, and was much larger in number than the 13th Brigade Regiment mixed with Reading Force, it could be judged that these Eighth Route Army were only troops left by Liu Yimin's instructor in the southwest and Taixi areas for covert development, and there was no powerful artillery group. As long as the 35th Division crosses the Dawen River and launches a surprise attack, and the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force will be able to annihilate the Tubalu south of Anjiazhuang in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army that has formed the 13th Brigade and Regiment, and achieve the first brilliant victory since the battle between the Dayu Army and the Eighth Route Army.

After Osamu Maeda, the commander of the 35th Division of the Army, received a telegram from Morita Masafu, he was even more excited than Morita Masafu! Think about it, since the Eighth Route Army entered the war, the Yue Army has been dizzy by the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and has never eliminated a regiment of troops of the Eighth Route Army in an organized manner. In particular, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army beat the army to the ground, and they didn't even know how many troops there were, and all they knew was that one imperial army unit after another was planted in the hands of the instructor. Now that he suddenly found out that the fighter plane that eliminated the instructor appeared, can Osamu Maeda not be excited?

In front of Maeda's eyes, there was even an illusion that His Majesty the Emperor would personally bestow him a medal.

Zhang Renchu, head of the First Garrison Regiment of Southwest Lu, and Mo Wenhua, political commissar, led the troops to be stationed in the Pengji area.

After the battle of Guantai Ferry, the combat effectiveness of Zhang Renchu's First Garrison Regiment improved rapidly, and the first signs emerged among the three main regiments of the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade. According to Zhang Renchu's idea, this siege of Reading Power mixed into the 13th Brigade, his Southwest Lu Garrison Regiment should take on the main attack, what he did not expect was that Huang Su and Chen Shiqu actually turned the Southwest Lu Garrison Regiment into a reserve, deployed around Pengji, monitored the changes in the enemy situation on the front line of the Dawen River, and was ready to enter the general attack on the 13th Brigade of Reading Power Mixed at any time.

In fact, Huang Su and Chen Shiqu's use of the Southwest Lu Garrison Regiment in this way was carefully considered. In the middle of the war, it was too crucial to keep one of the most elite troops as a reserve, which was not only what Liu Yimin repeatedly emphasized to commanders at all levels, but also the experience that Huang Su and Chen Shiqu summed up from their years of war career. No, it comes in handy right now.

After receiving the order, the green tendons on Zhang Renchu's head jumped high, and the little devil who said that he wanted to disguise [***] to sneak attack our army, and he didn't ask what the old men were doing. It is still possible to sneak attack the troops of various warlords, and it is simply a fool's dream to sneak attack the Eighth Route Army, which has been passed down in the Red Army!

Zhang Renchu immediately ordered the second battalion placed on the north bank of the Dawen River to prepare for battle, and he and political commissar Mo Wenhua led the first battalion, the third battalion, and the troops directly under the regiment to quickly run forward to reinforce the Dawen River.

When Zhang Renchu arrived at the Dawen River in Xiaojiadian, the second battalion had already entered the position.

Zhang Renchu held the telescope and looked carefully, only to see the Dawen River in the early winter, like a silver belt, automatically flowing slowly to the west, the cold wind blowing, the microwave ripples, the dead trees and old branches on both sides of the bank are reflected in the microwave, and the figures of those fish and shrimp who do not know sorrow are transformed into groups of beautiful patterns. Zhang Renchu couldn't help but sigh, if there was no little devil to burn and loot, what a beautiful picture this Wen River would be!

Zhang Renchu is not a poet or painter, but a fierce general of the three armies, holding not a paintbrush in his hand, but a knife and gun that specializes in fighting little devils. He didn't have time to sigh more, because the cavalry of the little devil had already reached the other side of the river, and was trotting towards the Dawen River bridge.

Zhang Renchu knew that the land on both sides of the middle reaches of the Dawen River was fertile, and in ancient times, there were two water conservancy hubs, Tugangcheng Dam and Daijiaba, which could communicate the north and the south. After the start here, the little devil will inevitably send troops to cross the river in a roundabout way to the Tugangcheng Dam at the ancient ferry of Gaoqiao. Originally, he was supposed to send his troops eastward to hold the opposite bank of the Gaoqiao Ferry, but the brigade commander's order was very clear, and his task was to quickly retreat westward after a head-on attack on the 35th Division, and to serve as the rearguard for the retreat of the troops south and west of Anjiazhuang. Therefore, it is impossible to divide the troops into several defenses, in that case, when the 13th Brigade is mixed with Reading Power and kills out of Anjiazhuang, his Southwest Lu Garrison Regiment will become a fish on the board of the two large armies of the Yue Army.

Zhang Renchu looked back at his troops, it was indeed good, he had the demeanor of the main force, the infantry guns and heavy machine guns of the fire support battalion were unloaded from the war horses, and with the cover of the embankment, a position was established, and the muzzles of the guns and machine guns were aimed at the south bank.

If only I could blow up the bridge, but it's too late!

Zhang Renchu ordered the first battalion, the third battalion, and the regiment to not open fire, and the second battalion was responsible for striking at the devil's cavalry.

The second battalion opened fire, and the heavy machine-gun and platoon-gun fire knocked the little devil search cavalry off their horses, and the remaining cavalry quickly leaned on their horses, turned their horses' heads and retreated.

This time, the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army were even happier, and the bullets chased the Oriental horses, beating the devil search team to the ground.

The little devil was not ambiguous, and those who escaped immediately dismounted and organized shooting on the spot. Those who were lucky not to die at the bridgehead immediately relied on the corpse of the war horse and began to shoot at the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Renchu decisively ordered the 2nd Battalion to stop shooting.

At this time, there was a rumbling sound of artillery from the direction of Anjiazhuang, and Zhang Renchu understood as soon as he heard it that this was our army's concentrated artillery and artillery to bombard the positions of the Yuejun army, attract the attention of the devils, and cover the transfer of various troops south of Anjiazhuang. It seems that there is not much time left for himself, and when the big army of little devils comes up, he must quickly beat him up, and then quickly transfer. Otherwise, you will be entangled by devils.

A large army of devils came up, densely packed, at least two or three thousand people.

Zhang Renchu looked through the binoculars, and laughed with a snort, this little devil is too good at acting, one by one wearing [***] military uniforms, and the pretending is really the same.

However, it's a bit of a pity that the little devil seems to have learned well, and after the large army came up, he quickly launched a battle formation, so that the whole regiment could not achieve the expected purpose by firing.

Zhang Renchu quickly gave the order, and the whole regiment immediately opened fire, with three rounds of infantry guns and grenadiers per cannon, and retreated first after the battle. The retreat order of the whole regiment was as follows: the second battalion was in front, the political commissar led the third battalion and the troops directly under the regiment in the center, and the regiment commander led the first battalion to cover behind.

With the sound of Zhang Renchu's gunshots, Lu Nan's reading group opened fire on the little devils on the other side of the river.

When Liu Yimin received a telegram from Huang Su, he also received a telegram from Hong Chaoyuan.

Hong Chaoyuan reported that the army had suddenly strengthened its offensive with a huge number of troops, and that it had changed the position of attacking from multiple directions in the previous two days, and concentrated its main forces to attack a little. In particular, the puppet Manchurian [***], which acted with the devils, was well-trained and acted as the vanguard of the devils. Although the method of covering the battlefield by using smoke has played a certain role, the visibility of our army has also been greatly reduced, which has affected the accuracy of artillery bombardment and firing. Now, the devil has broken through the defense line of Lu Nan's reading force, and the offensive is fierce. I request approval for the Lunan Group to shrink its defensive line, concentrate its main forces, choose the terrain that is favorable to us to set up a battlefield, and fight an ambush battle to annihilate the surname and contain the offensive of the Japanese army.

Needless to say, Huang Su's telegram was a report that the 35th Division launched a surprise attack under the camouflage of [***], in an attempt to flank our army with the 13th Brigade of Reading Power, because the Taixi Group lacked artillery to suppress the artillery fire of the devils, and did not have a strong position, even if it was sacrificed, it was difficult to achieve the campaign goal of encircling and destroying Reading Power and mixing the 13th Brigade. It is recommended that the division approve and allow the Taixi group to retreat north to the mountainous area in the central part of Feicheng and rely on the terrain to block the devils.

After reading the two telegrams, Liu Yimin was silent, sitting there alone and thinking quietly.

Zeng Zhongsheng quickly marked the offensive route of the Lunan Army and the Taixi Army on the map, and then said to Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan: "Division commander, political commissar, although the Lunan Group has the main force of the Fifth Brigade and the backbone troops of the Lunan Detachment and the Tai'an Detachment are also drawn from the main force, but they undertake the task of defending the southeast Lu base area and the Yimeng central base area, and fortify everywhere, resulting in the dispersion of troops. This method of fighting does not work, and it runs counter to the principle of our army concentrating superior forces to destroy the enemy's vital forces. The situation in the western part of Thailand became even more critical, and Huang Su and Chen Shiqu must immediately be ordered to abandon the campaign of encircling and annihilating the 13th Brigade of the Yue Army, quickly retreat, and rely on the favorable terrain to establish a blocking line. If you are responsible, not only will you not be able to complete the blocking mission, but the Taixi group will also be in danger of being defeated by the army. You know, after all, they are new troops, and they can't compare with our main brigade. ”

Luo Ronghuan pursed his lips, his eyes looked at the map through the thick lenses, turned to Liu Yimin and said: "The direction of Lunan is not terrible, there are the five brigades of the elite sect of a hundred battles, as long as the deployment and combat policy are adjusted, the little devil can't do anything about us." The Taixi group is in danger, and in my opinion, it is better to give up the capture of Jinan than to lose two garrison brigades. You don't often say that people and land are saved, and people and land are saved; If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost? Make up your mind to adjust your deployment! ”

Liu Yimin really didn't expect that the 35th Division, which was sweeping towards the Nishan area, would suddenly raid the Taixi Group, and he regretted it a little, if he had equipped the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade with an artillery regiment earlier, I am afraid that the 13th Brigade would have fled in embarrassment, where would he dare to launch troops on the front line of Anjiazhuang to wait for reinforcements! It's too late to say anything now, the little devils have tanks and armored vehicles, and the plains from Anjiazhuang to the Dawen River are easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the troops south of Anjiazhuang of the Taixi Group can't stop the little devils from flanking on both sides no matter what, and the slightest hesitation may lead to heavy losses to the troops.

Liu Yimin stood up and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter, the sky can't fall." Our army's determination to capture Jinan remained unchanged and launched an attack on time. Chief of Staff, record order: 1. 100,000 urgent. Huang Su and Chen Shiqu commanded the Taixi group to quickly retreat, give up the blockade, break away from contact with the enemy, and wait in concealment in the Feizhong Mountains. If the 35th Division and the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade go north along the Feiji Highway, the group must not block it, let the enemy advance in great strides, and then chase the enemy and take on the task of blocking the enemy's rear road. If the enemy pursues and fights with our army in the mountainous area of Feizhong, our Taixi group should rely on the favorable terrain and hold on to wait for reinforcements. If the enemy moves east into Tai'an, the Taixi group will covertly follow up and monitor its movements until further orders are awaited. 2. Agree to the Lunan Group's request to shrink the defensive line, concentrate the main force, and seek opportunities to annihilate the enemy, and instruct Hong Chaoyuan to organize and implement it in a unified manner. 3. Instruct the logistics headquarters left behind in the Yimeng central base area to immediately issue an order to clear the strong walls of the southeastern Ludong base area and the Yimeng central base area, and have the logistics detachment and the engineer regiment left behind in the base area under the unified command of Wu Zheng, commander of the logistics headquarters, and Yang Zhicheng, political commissar of the logistics headquarters, to undertake the task of defending the inner line of the base area, and to cooperate with the Lunan group to resolutely repel the attack of the devils. ”

After speaking, he asked Zeng Zhongsheng to read the record, signed his name, and handed it to Luo Ronghuan.

After Luo Ronghuan saw it, he said to Liu Yimin: "After the Taixi Group gives up the blockade, will it lead to a situation, that is, the little devil will quickly go north and threaten the flank of my siege troops?" ”

Liu Yimin laughed: "I have a full ten artillery regiments, three anti-aircraft artillery regiments and armored units, would I be afraid that he will have a garrison division and a dilapidated mixed brigade of reading power to attack the flank?" If he wants to die, come quickly, come early and die quickly! ”

Luo Ronghuan quickly signed his name, handed it to Zeng Zhongsheng, and said, "Chief of Staff, immediately issue an execution!" ”

After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram order, Chen Shiqu, who was organizing the transfer of troops, laughed and said to Huang Su, Wang Jian'an, and Tang Liang: "Now it's okay, the division commander and political commissar have removed our tight spell, and we can retreat in great strides and carry out mobile operations, without worrying about being caught by little devils." ”

Tang Liang sighed: "The combat effectiveness of the thirteenth brigade is really powerful, and it can't be seen in ambushes and attacks in normal times, but as soon as it hits, the casualties will come up." Don't look at the fact that we have more troops than them, if the division commander really orders us to fight them to the death, I have to say that we really can't attack. It's a pity that there are so many good boys. Looking back, I didn't want to be the political commissar of this brigade, and I had to go to the division commander and say that if we don't strengthen the artillery fire, we will simply change the name of the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade to the Southwest Lu Guerrilla Detachment, so as to save ourselves the loss of the battle and the loss of people! ”

When Huang Su heard this, he felt that the word defeat was a bit harsh, so he said: "The enemy situation has changed, and the deployment will naturally change." Where is this defeat, it is the withdrawal from the battle due to the change of enemy situation. The division commander will never command blindly, he is a master who only takes advantage of the advantages and does not suffer losses. Don't worry, the thirteenth brigade can't run away, and it's only a matter of time before they are eliminated. ”

Chen Shiqu stopped talking, and began to issue a series of orders, commanding the troops to cover alternately and retreat quickly.

(To be continued)