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Of the nearly 10,000 soldiers, there were only about 5,000 left, including as many as 700 lightly and seriously injured and more than 110 women and children. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than 100 women who have been killed in the war for many days seem to have abandoned their fears in the blink of an eye, forgetting the difference between men and women, squatting or kneeling with great gratitude, carefully caring for the wounded, their faces are still full of tears, this is not fear and fear, nor is it worry about the vast future, but because a pair of originally vibrant, even slightly shy young eyes can no longer be opened, because the young lives that once protected them with flesh and blood, and have been regarded as brothers and brothers by them, have passed away.

In the abandoned hunter's cabin at the foot of the mountain, the "dripping" sound of the radio station was incessant, and the generals were scattered on the log-paved platform at the door, looking up at the sky silently, and their red eyes were full of sadness. What they didn't know now was that just when the brothers of the air brigade were fighting with their lives to help them break out of the encirclement, locust-like Japanese planes flew over the positions in Kuancheng and the north of the city, and one hundred and six Japanese planes mobilized from Shenyang and Changchun defeated the poor dozen planes of the An Yi Air Brigade and began to bombard the Kuancheng houses and squadron positions on the ground.

In just over twenty minutes, the sky within a radius of more than ten miles was shielded by heavy gunsmoke, the snow-covered woods were dried by the blazing heat, and the sky-high fires all over the mountains were ignited under the burst of bomb flames, and the melting snow on the mountains trickled down like the rain that flowed sideways after a rainstorm, converging into streams in the low valleys, and the pungent smell of burnt, gunpowder and blood swirled in the air, disgusting, all the positions were destroyed, and all the fire fortifications were razed to the ground. All the bunkers were shrouded in flames and poured with snow, and more than 30,000 officers and men of various divisions and brigades and more than 3,000 civilians, who had received an urgent order to withdraw from their positions and disperse to the south, were killed and wounded more than 5,000 people under such a brutal bombardment. Among them, the officers and men of an infantry battalion of the independent division who remained in the deep digging bunker died from burns, smoke and lack of oxygen.

In the evening, the embers of the fire on the scorched position, which had been completely unrecognizable, had not been extinguished, the hill was scorched to black, only the main trunk and the thick branches of the trees were still emitting bursts of green smoke, the hot ground was still steaming, and it was foggy, and more than 20,000 soldiers once again stepped into the position without fear of death, and rebuilt one defensive position after another with shovels, sacks, stone strips, and broken wood.

When the Japanese commanders in the three directions heard the news, they immediately went out to observe, and were extremely shocked by everything that appeared in the telescope, and the tenacious and unyielding spirit of the squadron, which was so strong that it was almost cold, finally made the Japanese troops who were empty-eyed panic, and there was a little awe in the panic.

The Kwantung Army Command was also very surprised when it received the report from the Kuancheng front, they immediately realized that the large-scale air strikes with all their might had not achieved the expected results, night had fallen, and it was obviously impossible to send planes to carry out air strikes, and the generals could not figure out for a while how the squadron survived in those hastily built and razed to the ground.

Finally, Muto Nobuyoshi's gaze turned to Seishiro Itagaki, the head of the Intelligence Division.

Seishiro Itagaki with a stern expression stood up on his legs, turned around and walked out, and a counter-movement that swept through the three cities of Shenyang, Changchun, and Tongliao and the top of the puppet Manchu army suddenly unfolded without warning.

At the former enemy headquarters in Tangshan, Beiping, An Yi personally called Tu Zhirong, commander of the air defense brigade, to thank him, Ye Ziquan, deputy chief of staff and adjutant, and other officers and men for their outstanding contributions to the use of radar early warning in actual combat in just one month.

The bulky radar, which has a theoretical distance of 120 kilometers and a practical application distance of only 50 kilometers, finally reflects its intrinsic great value under the creative use and summary of Tu Zhirong and Ye Ziquan.

The Japanese army's lightning-fast large-scale air attack on the front line of Kuancheng caused panic among the generals of the Beiping General Headquarters, and the chief of staff, Huang Shaoqi, personally called An Yi and asked An Yi to immediately enter the city to attend an emergency military meeting.

An Yi put down the phone, and Zhao Rui, Zhan Dao, Liu Qing, Fang Pengxiang and other generals under his command hurriedly discussed the map for more than half an hour, and then discussed with the head of the advisory group, Owen and others, and personally drafted three telegrams for Liu Qing to come out urgently, and then led Zhao Rui and Shen Fengdao to drive to the general headquarters in the city.

At 9:40 p.m., An Yi, Zhao Rui, and Shen Fengdao entered the tense atmosphere of the venue and sat down on the vacant seats left for him and his two assistants.

Huang Shaoqi and An Yi, who presided over the meeting, sat down and continued the topic just now: "...... Based on the sudden change on the Kuancheng front this afternoon and the local ground offensive of the Japanese army at the four defensive points of our eastern and central fronts, the staff group preliminarily judged that the Kuancheng and Chengde lines were still the key offensive areas of the Japanese army. In particular, at about 3:15 p.m., a Japanese bomber suddenly entered the sky over the Chengde city and dropped two high-explosive bombs, causing a huge panic among the people in the Chengde area, and the number of civilians fleeing from the city suddenly increased by a large margin.

"Imagine the impact of the thousands of people who fled Chengde on the rear areas. How much panic does it cause? What negative impact will it have on our armament warfare and logistical supply? Based on this, the General Staff Committee reported to the Central Military Commission and Chairman Chiang for approval, and implored the Northeast Army Command to make every effort to maintain local order in Chengde, conduct extensive propaganda, and appease the people. ”

■The young marshal Zhang Xueliang next to him.

The young marshal raised his head in embarrassment and said sincerely: "An hour ago, the headquarters of our army once again ordered the commander of the Fifth Army, General Yan Chen (Tang Yulin), to make every effort to prepare for the war, and to carry out extensive propaganda to the people of Chengde, so as to strengthen the confidence of the army and the people to hate the same enemy and fight the war with all their might. Secondly, this seat has sent a telegram to General Fuchen (Zhang Zuoxiang), who is inspecting the defense of the Fourth Army, suggesting that he rush to Chengde tomorrow morning to preside over the overall situation.

All the generals nodded in unison, saying that with the assistant commander going in person, he would definitely be able to appease the people and turn the situation around.

An Yi and Zhao Rui and Shen Fengdao, who were sitting upright behind him, glanced at each other and stopped talking, the three of them all knew that with the current emergency situation on the front line of Kuancheng and Xifengkou, it would be strange that Zhang Zuoxiang would be able to find time to rush to Chengde tomorrow.

This important issue, which includes both political and military aspects, has come to an end, and Huang Shaoqi asked Yang Jie to continue to preside over the military issue.

In fact, after Yang Jie introduced the latest enemy situation and changes in the situation of the enemy and us, other topics were no longer important, it was nothing more than to emphasize once again how to cooperate and support each other among the various departments, and the specific combat plans were all formulated by each army under the guidance of the general headquarters, and few people were willing to take out their own combat plans and make them public, as for the coordination between the various army units, most of them were discussed privately between the various departments.

However, based on the principle of unified command and fighting side by side, and the fact that a large part of the logistical supply of the various corps required more and more things from the central staff officers, the meeting was adjourned for half an hour at the suggestion of Huang Shaoqi, so that the generals of each department could discuss with each other and have time to raise their own questions.

An Yi didn't say a word from beginning to end, a pair of eyes drifted to Peng Zhenguo, the commander-in-chief of the First Army of the Volunteer Army from time to time, and after the adjournment, he saw a young major general hurriedly walking to Peng Zhenguo's side and whispering a report, looking quite nervous, An Yi's heart suddenly settled down a lot. If it weren't for the fact that Peng Yeguo had summoned the Yi Changfeng Department in danger, An Yi would not have left the Tangshan Headquarters at this time.

After all, so far, among the more than 200,000 troops in North China, only more than 20,000 soldiers of He Zhuguo and 30,000 soldiers of the Anjia Army are fighting bloody battles against the Japanese army.

All the generals left their seats and walked around, Yang Jie came to An Yi and sat down, the two lowered their heads and whispered, exchanging opinions with each other, and others were embarrassed to disturb when they saw this.

Since Xu Tingyao, deputy commander-in-chief of the Central Army and commander of the 17th Army, has been stationed in the Changping Front Command, Yang Jie has become the only commander-in-chief of the Central Army, and he needs to reach a consensus with An Yi on many things in order to command all departments smoothly.

Strictly speaking, An Yi became the full-time commander-in-chief of the four divisions under his command, and other matters he was responsible for basically had no direct contact with the armies in North China except for logistics.

To outsiders, it seems that An Yi's role and status have been reduced, but in fact, An Yi is calm, even willing, and has no other affairs to disturb but can allow An Yi to concentrate on commanding his 6th Army and aviation units.

Yang Jie's question on how to mobilize weapons and ammunition as soon as possible, An Yi is really powerless, the poor production capacity of the Jinling Factory to make some bullets and mortar shells is okay, and the high-explosive shells used in artillery can only be solved from the Jiangnan Arsenal, but now that the Jiangnan Arsenal has been transferred to the Ordnance Industry Bureau, An Yi can't say anything at all, not to mention that the Jiangxi and Chuanling invasions and suppressions consume a huge amount of money, and the Jiangnan Factory and the Jinling Factory can't meet the needs of dozens of invasion divisions at full capacity, let alone transfer to North China. As for the Xiangxi factory, it is an arsenal that does not belong to the direct leadership of the Military Commission, and they have their own sales channels and autonomy, not to mention that they are thousands of kilometers away, and the highways and waterways have been turned around several times, and I am afraid that the daylilies will be cold when they are transported here.

While the two were talking, Shen Fengdao gently pulled An Yi's sleeve and whispered that there was a guest to invite him.

An Yi looked up and saw that it was the young major general who had quietly reported in Peng Zhenguo's ear just now who apologized to Yang Jie and stood up, stretched out his hand to shake each other and asked kindly, and after a few words, he followed the major general out of the hall, entered the corridor, and turned into the second rest room in the west.

Seeing An Yi, Peng Zhenguo, who was sitting on the sand, immediately stood up, stretched out his hand and shook An Yi gently, and asked: "An Cichang is really a god, I have worked hard to make my old bottom transparent, admire, admire!" ”

An Yi smiled slightly: "The seniors are laughing, in fact, it is not these days, since the seniors led the troops to fight in western Liaoning to fight against the Japanese invaders at the beginning of last year, the juniors learned about the situation of the seniors through the personnel department of the staff headquarters, and consulted the seniors' 6 senior classmates Ge Jingen, Lin Wei, He Guoguang and other generals, so that they have an understanding of the seniors. ”

Originally from the direct army, after uniting with the Feng warlord Guo Songling, he was angrily left by Zhang Zuolin, and led his troops to defect to Tang Shengzhi, one of the commanders of the Northern Expedition at the time, and Peng Zhenguo, the deputy commander of the 30th Army of the National Grass Army, shook his head and smiled, "No wonder the three long-lost classmates called me almost at the same time, or Brother An has a big face, haha! Brother is a cheerful person, let's put it bluntly, what can my brother do to serve Brother An? ”

An Yi said politely: "Seniors, please don't see outside!" The juniors did encounter tricky things, and the matter suddenly burned their eyebrows, so they could only ask the seniors for help! ”

Peng Zhenguo looked at An Yi in surprise: "Could it be that the tiger-headed general Gu is going to break through from the front line of Longhua?" ”

"Exactly! Seniors, if before tomorrow morning, the younger brothers, Gu Changfeng, and the remaining more than 4,000 soldiers, more than 1,000 wounded soldiers, women and children cannot break through the Chicheng Line (Chifeng to Chengde Highway), there is a danger that the whole army will be wiped out, so the younger generations have to be willing to ask the seniors to help generously, but the seniors are driven, and the younger generations are not working hard to move forward! ”

An Yi truthfully said his difficulties, and euphemistically promised Peng Zhenguo that he would save his five thousand brothers at all costs, Peng Zhenguo's face kept changing, he took a few steps, lowered his head and thought quietly, and only turned around after a while, and said unhurriedly, "Brother An, although I have the title of commander-in-chief of a legion, there is only one brigade with a total of four regiments under my command, all of which are stationed in the poor and white Longhua area, and one of the regiments is almost all recruits, and even clothes, shoes, hats and weapons are not available, Even if my brother wants to help you, he can't do anything! ”

An Yi took a step forward with a smile: "Senior, three regiments are enough." The younger generation knows that these three regiments are all elite troops who have followed their predecessors in fierce battles for two years and crisscrossed western Liaoning for a year, and the younger generations do not need the three regiments of their predecessors to drive into the Chifeng to Ningcheng area, they only need to attack a squadron of Japanese troops in Huaishuwan, 25 kilometers northeast of Dunhua, and retreat quickly after one blow, so that the seniors will not be reluctant to make it difficult, right?

"After this matter is done, the juniors immediately transferred a regiment's equipment plus 200,000 oceans from the Baoding Military Station to the seniors to express their gratitude, and I implore the seniors to agree!"

Peng Zhenguo was taken aback: "Brother An...... Brother An is really kind to his friends, if he doesn't agree, it will be difficult to be a man! Please rest assured, Brother An, when you need to do it, just ask. ”

An Yi was overjoyed, took Cai Zhenguo's hand and whispered: "Six o'clock tomorrow morning!" ”

"What? No way! Cai Zhenguo shook his head again and again.

An Yi explained: "Can there be a radio station in the predecessor army? ”

"Of course, it's not the last two years. However, ......" Cai Zhenguo still doesn't believe that it can be done in such a short time.

An Yi said kindly: "Seniors know about Akagi Airport, right? An air defense technical detachment of the younger generation was hidden in Wangmao Mountain, west of Chengde, and the company commander of the junior brother's special service regiment was on guard duty, and he had two jeeps in his hand, which was less than 60 kilometers away from Dunhua, and as long as the senior said hello to the commander of the defenders in Dunhua in advance, the company commander of the younger brother would be able to arrive within three hours.

"When you get there, you will prepare for another two hours, and then the starry night will be lightly dressed, and you will be able to reach Huaishuwan before six o'clock in the morning, and when you arrive at your destination, you will suddenly attack, and then turn around and leave, and this thing will be done."

Peng Zhenguo thought for a while and asked again, "It's that simple?"

"It's as simple as that, the seniors can tell them one by one in the telegram.

"Brother Ann is polite, haha! Okay, in order to work together to resist Japan and protect the country, and in order to make a release brother like Brother An, I let go! ”

"Thank you, seniors! On behalf of all the officers and men of An Jiajun, An Yi paid high tribute to his predecessors