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Chapter 1149: Fierce Confrontation (2)

After dinner, nearly 200 generals and commanders who had come from afar finished bathing and changing their clothes, and gathered in a large conference room specially built by the Henan-Anhui Pacification Office in Kaifeng City that could accommodate 500 people for the exercise. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, with the full cooperation of Liu Zhi, director of the Sui Administration, An Yi's staff team had hung a large map on the big wall directly north of the conference room, and the three huge arrows on the map firmly pointed to the ancient city of Zhangde.

An Yi, who had rushed to Kaifeng from Baoding to greet the leader and many robes, had already put on a straight general's uniform and had a brief discussion with Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission, Feng Yuxiang, vice chairman of the Military Commission, Tang Shengzhi, director of training, Yang Jie, deputy chief of the general staff and head of the exercise referee group, and others in military uniform, and then announced the opening of the meeting.

An Yi tidied up his appearance, strode to the map, saluted the generals, and then put down his hand and announced loudly: "Chairman of the National Committee, all the chiefs, and all colleagues, there are still three hours and twenty minutes before the official start of this exercise. ”

An Yi turned sideways, raised his baton, and pointed to the map: "At present, the red side, that is, the defending side, has made all preparations, the headquarters of the 40th Army and the former enemy command of the 53rd Army have completed the merger, and the newly formed joint command has begun to operate normally.

"Look here, the 43,000 officers and men of the 40th Army under the command of General Pang Bingxun have all entered the preset position, and at the same time, the instructor of the 53rd Army has also successfully arrived at the line of Yue Feimiao east of Zhangde. Black, the independent division of the 17th Army of the attacking side, will assemble at the preset location on time along the railroad and road, and they will attack south at 12 o'clock at midnight tonight. In addition, the two groups of the Southwest Air Force, which coordinated with the Black attack, have already reached within 500 kilometers of the exercise area and are scattered and stationed at three airfields. ”

When the generals heard this, they nodded their heads again and again, and their eyes wandered over the red and black markers, speculating in which direction the first clash of the exercise would unfold.

An Yi put down his baton and said very seriously: "Ladies and gentlemen, this large-scale military exercise of our army has made the Japanese army in North China extremely uneasy, and in the past month, the enemy's intelligence personnel have intensified their intelligence spying efforts, and have been active in the border areas of Hebei and Henan in various capacities, and the intelligence department of the 40th Army has captured and expelled more than 50 suspects in the surrounding Linxian, Anyang, Neihuang and Tangyin areas.

"According to the latest intelligence analysis sent by the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission and the Fourth Department of the General Staff Headquarters, it is very likely that the Japanese army has guessed that our exercises will be carried out in the near future, but the Japanese army has not yet learned the specific time, place, and content of our army's large-scale exercises. Our intelligence department has comprehensively analyzed and speculated through the interception of several telegrams from the Japanese side, and the Japanese intelligence department speculates that our exercise will be carried out within 24 to 36 hours, but the location is still uncertain, and a large-scale search is still underway.

"Since yesterday, our technical department has monitored a large number of radio signals, and the intelligence personnel of the Japanese puppet army in Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Baoding, and other places have been extremely active, and the intelligence department of the 17 th Army, which is responsible for the defense and counter-espionage in the exercise area, and the special service regiment directly under it have arrested more than 30 suspects along the railway line, among which there have been three incidents of shooting and resisting arrest, killing four enemy agents, arresting seven, and two intelligence officers on our side have died in the line of duty."

There was a soft shout from the venue, and most of the generals looked grim and worried.

For a long time, the Japanese invaders' astonishing intelligence and pervasive detection methods have been difficult to prevent. In particular, a large number of traitors and lackeys are willing to work for the Japanese and carry out spy activities in the capacity of merchants, doctors, monks, and even our military and political personnel, which makes all military units have a headache every time they think about it.

At this time, hearing a series of information reported by An Yi, the generals who were originally quite unimpressed by the deliberate concealment of the Military Commission also quickly realized that the secrecy measures that An Yi painstakingly formulated and the many changes to the itinerary of the huge observation group were definitely not pretentious gestures and grandstanding, but really proceeded from the principle of precaution and ensuring safety.

Seeing the constant buzz of the venue, Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in the front row, frowned, stood up and looked left and right, and the audience quickly fell silent.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't speak, and after sitting down, he made a gesture to An Yi and asked him to continue.

An Yi nodded, pointed on the map with his baton, and then said: "Everyone, please see, at twelve o'clock tonight, the exercise will be here--the main defensive position of the 36-kilometer Zhangde, here-the assembly area of the 53rd Army Instructor of Yuewangmiao, 43 kilometers on the eastern front, and here-the departure positions of the Black side such as Jiecheng, Cixian, and Linzhang on the border between Hebei and Henan. The 18 joint referee teams dispatched by the exercise headquarters in advance will fire signal flares at the same time, and the exercise will officially begin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the joint discussion of the exercise headquarters, the General Staff Headquarters, and the director of the training department, and with the consent of Chairman Jiang and Vice Chairman Feng, the moment the exercise officially starts is the time when our observation group rushes to the theater to observe on the spot.

"Half an hour later, all of you here will rush to Zhengzhou by car in batches, and I will personally be responsible for the special train that has been allocated by the special service regiment directly under the headquarters of the Second Route Army to serve as a guard and escort, and three and a half hours later it will drive from Changge Station in the south to Guangwu Station in the north of Zhengzhou City, and will send you safely and quickly to the Zhangde exercise battlefield, where an engineer company of the 17th Army has already set up a solid and concealed observation bunker and an underground command post in the appropriate position in the exercise area.

"I know that everyone is traveling and may want to take a good rest, but I really don't have time, so I can only grieve everyone tonight, and take a good nap after getting on the train. If you wish, I will invite you to breakfast at dawn tomorrow at the forward observation position. This concludes the meeting. ”

There was a burst of chuckles from the venue, and even Chairman Jiang was as bumpy and busy as everyone else, who would dare to complain? It's okay to deal with it for one night!

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, stood up with Feng Yuxiang and others, and discussed in a low voice with An Yi, Yang Jie, Chen Cheng and others who walked to the side.

Yang Jie took the order and walked quickly to Liu Zhi, who was arranging for the generals to set off in batches, and whispered in his ear. Liu Zhi said yes again and again, and soon went out to make arrangements.

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At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, in the quiet border area between Hebei and Henan, dense and dull gunfire suddenly sounded, and dozens of red signal flares rose into the sky, shining everything on the earth in early autumn.

"Uhhh

The whistle of the train sounded for a long time, and in the silence of the night, it was even more poignant.

On the improvised platform in the south of Cixian County, Lu Xiong, a major general of the new 1st Brigade wearing soldiers' combat uniforms, saluted army commander Hu Jialin, division commander Yang Guan, and other generals, took the chief of staff and adjutant and trotted a few steps, and jumped onto the rumbling southbound train.

"Report, Commander Liu of the Third Brigade has called, and the 11th and 12th regiments of the headquarters have crossed the wicker and penetrated directly into Huangsha Town, in order to contain the defenders from sending troops forward and covering the armored regiment to detour eastward around Dayugou." The Chief of Operations reported aloud.

Yang Guan nodded: "Understood!" Continue to keep in touch and keep abreast of the itinerary of all ministries in a timely manner. ”

"Yes!"

Hu Jialin's expression was serious, still staring at the traction artillery that Daozuo was constantly moving south, and was silently calculating the time when the artillery regiment would arrive at the attack position.

The artillery regiment composed of 2,500 officers and men of the Independent Division received the full support of the Anjia Army base camp three months ago, and all the mountain artillery and field artillery that were originally equipped were replaced by a new generation of artillery towed by heavy tractor trucks.

The longer range, higher accuracy, faster reloading speed and more powerful shells of the new artillery allowed the well-trained artillery regiment of an independent division to quickly rise to a new level.

Looking at the artillery pieces passing in front of him, Hu Jialin had mixed feelings in his heart, and at the same time, he also knew very well that many new weapons were unveiled in this exercise, which was close to actual combat, carrying many hopes for the officers and men of the An Jiajun.