Chapter 16: The January Period
Sun Tongxuan was angry when she saw Tang Enbo. When the Third Army withdrew west from Zhengzhou, Tang Enbo's 31st Army was behind Sun Tongxuan. Seeing that Sun Tongxuan was defeated and retreated, the deputy commander not only did not come up to help, but also stuck his troops behind the Third Army to prevent Sun Tongxuan from continuing to retreat westward.
This is not counting, at the moment of the great enemy, this old Tang actually ordered his troops to intercept the supplies of the Third Army and seize the scattered troops retreating from the Sun Army, which can be said to have done enough of the despicable deeds of demolishing the corners of the friendly army! A person like this is still openly saying cool things at a military meeting in the theater, how can Sun Tongxuan not be angry?
But what if you are angry? Chief Tang is in a high position and holds real power, and this person is ruthless and ruthless, even if Commander-in-Chief Sun is not angry in his heart, he does not dare to turn his face seriously with Tang Enbo. Faced with Lao Tang's questioning, Sun Tongxuan could only endure his anger and answer the other party's questions.
"Since the deputy chief asked, then I will tell me my plan. On the one hand, I plan to use the mountainous terrain to fight mountain warfare with the Japanese invaders, and on the other hand, I will send many death squads to intersperse guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, cut off their food supply routes, and wait for an opportunity to recover Zhengzhou! ”
Although Sun Tongxuan's tactics are helpless, they are also an effective tactic when the enemy is strong and we are weak. In short, as long as you don't leave the vicinity of Zhengzhou, as long as you keep fighting the Japanese invaders, you will always find an opportunity for a counterattack. Sun Tongxuan's tactical concept was quite practical, but Tang Enbo didn't seem to want to let Commander-in-Chief Sun go like this, and the questioning continued.
"Commander-in-Chief Sun, someone told me that a company commander of your 22nd Division betrayed the mouth of the Yellow Flood River, so the enemy could easily cross the Yellow Flood Area. I don't know what Commander-in-Chief Sun did to that company commander afterwards? ”
This is obviously finding fault. People have lost Zhengzhou, and the devils have indeed crossed the Yellow River, but as the deputy commander of the theater, you openly accused the Third Army of being a traitor, and asked Commander-in-Chief Sun about the results of his treatment, that is, it was too much deception. To say that the company commander of the Third Army was a traitor is to refer to Sang scolding Huai and saying that Sun Tongxuan's royal majesty is not strict and his command is unfavorable! It's just that I didn't say those two words.
No matter how good Sun Tongxuan's temper is, he can't bear it anymore at this time, he can't sit back and watch Tang Enbo continue to pour dirty water on his head!
"The deputy commander is experienced in a hundred battles and should be well-informed, how can he casually listen to the propaganda of the enemy to sow discord? I dare say that I know most of the officers above the company commander level in the 12th Army, and some of them even know where their hometown is. If anyone really dares to betray the river defense, the deputy commander says his name. Those who died in battle do not count, as long as he is still alive, I will immediately arrest him and engage in military justice. ”
Sun Tongxuan's counterattack caused Tang Enbo to sneer, and just wanted to continue to squeeze this unlucky general who had lost the battle, the commander Wei Lihuang sitting on it finally came forward to play a round, "Okay, I understand the situation in Yinting, he also sent me a telegram when he retreated from Zhengzhou, so don't continue to pursue it." Yinting, how long do you plan to recover Zhengzhou? ”
"This," Sun Tongxuan hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted her teeth and said a date, "Fifty days!" ”
"No! Fifty days is too long. I'll give you a month at most. If you recover Zhengzhou within a month, I will bear any pressure on you. If it's more than a month, Yin Ting, you'll have to explain it to the chairman yourself. ”
"Yes, thank you, sir." Sun Tongxuan stood up and formally saluted and thanked Wei Lihuang.
"I can't say anything about care, as long as you can recover Zhengzhou on time, we can all explain to the central government. Let me know if you need any more help, and I'll do my best to help you. ”
"Military provisions." When he said this, Sun Tongxuan glanced at Tang Enbo intentionally or unintentionally, but Chief Tang looked at the sky and didn't look at him at all, "There are also heavy weapons!" Our army lacks heavy artillery, if you can lend me a heavy artillery brigade, I promise to photograph Zhengzhou within a month! ”
Heavy artillery brigade? Looking at the first theater of operations, even the most elite 31st Army did not have such units, let alone other units. Tang Enbo simply closed his eyes when he heard Sun Tongxuan's words, this is called an idiot's dream, rather than listening to him talk here, it is better to close his eyes and recuperate.
"I don't have a heavy artillery brigade." As expected, Wei Lihuang rejected Sun Tongxuan's unrealistic request in one bite, but his next words made the eyes of all the generals present widen, "However, I can lend you a batch of infantry armor and armored fighting vehicles." ”
Infantry armor? Armored combat vehicles? As soon as Wei Lihuang said these two new terms, not to mention others, even Tang Enbo, who closed his eyes and recuperated, stared at the chief with bright eyes. Everyone knows what an armored fighting vehicle is, although that thing is rare, but it is not absolutely nothing, what is infantry armor? Seeing the smug look on the head of the guard, the curiosity of the generals was completely aroused.
"That's great!" Sun Tongxuan agreed almost immediately, no matter where this thing came from, it must be a good thing anyway, it's always right to get it in your hands first! "Thank you, sir! As long as you give me a hundred taels of armored combat vehicles, I promise a month, no, half a month, I promise to recapture Zhengzhou in half a month! ”
"Yin Ting, do you think I look like a man with a hundred armored fighting vehicles?" Wei Lihuang was almost amused by Sun Tongxuan's lion's big mouth, a hundred armored vehicles? That's an armored corps! Do we have this preparation in the first war zone, will you Sun Tongxuan know?
"What is the infantry armor that the commander of the guard is talking about? Are there any samples that have opened our eyes? "It's still more reliable for Tang Enbo to speak, he has to look at the sample first. Since your lord said that there is such a thing, then there must be at least one of them, right? Let me see what it looks like first, if it's really useful, whether it's buying it or finding someone to copy it, there's always a hope, isn't it?
"Of course there are samples. The name of the infantry armor was called the active fortress, and the name of the armored combat vehicle was the Chinese Tiger. Come, Mantian, please stand up for a moment. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you, this is Hu Fei, Hu Mantian, the chief engineer of the Infantry Armor Research and Development Department I appointed. The Activity Fortress and the Chinese Tiger were developed by him. Man Tian was also the commander of the 88th Column of the Decisive Army. ”
"Yin Ting, before Zhengzhou is recovered, I will let the 88th Column of the sky be temporarily controlled by your group army. Two hundred movable fortresses and five Chinese Tiger chariots also accompanied the 88th Column! ”
Two hundred movable fortresses? Five Chinese Tiger chariots? If these things were divided into a group army, it wouldn't be much! Sun Tongxuan just wanted to say something, but when she saw Tang Enbo's sparkling eyes, she immediately closed her mouth. It is foreseeable that as long as he dares to complain that there is not much of a word, Chief Tang must be next: You don't want me to say this!