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Chapter 562 is stretched

Zhengzhou, Henan, General Headquarters of the Northwest Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The news of the successive losses of Dengzhou and Xinye made Feng Yuxiang, commander of the Northwest Army, and a cadre of generals around him extremely angry, and the annihilation of three brigades and one division came so quickly, without warning in advance, and the generals and commanders of the Northwest Army, who were not prepared at all, were in disbelief for a while, and if it were not for the urgent report sent by Nanyang, no one would have believed the so-called "total annihilation of three divisions of the stubborn enemy" issued by the Chiang Kai-shek government.

Pang Bingxun's chief of staff sent three urgent telegrams within five hours, but Feng Yuxiang calmed down, summoned all the generals, and calmly discussed countermeasures.

"There is no need to argue anymore, the news has been established that the Third Route Army has indeed suffered an unprecedented defeat...... On the way to aid Dengzhou, Brother Chen led his troops to aid Dengzhou, and immediately vomited blood and fell down after receiving the news that the whole cavalry brigade under his command had become a soldier, and he was still unconscious, and the two divisions of the enemy's Fifth Army Corps took advantage of the victory to pursue and had broken through the defense line of Huangtaigang in Nanyang, and another division suddenly appeared in Huidong, 20 kilometers west of Huangtaigang, and shelled the defenders of Huangdong, in an attempt to encircle it in a roundabout way.

The numbers of these three divisions of the enemy are unknown, but judging by their offensive firepower, there is no doubt that they must be three of the four main divisions of the Fifth Army, and the Third Route Army suffered successive defeats and lost all morale, so it had to decisively abandon the outer defense line from the southwest to the southeast of Nanyang, and the main force retreated to the city to make the most resolute resistance. The chief of staff of the Third Route Army sent four telegrams a day, three of which were requests for military assistance, so it seems that the situation is worrying!

At present, Ziliang (Liu Ruming) has personally led two main divisions from the front line of Shangluo and Tongguan to rush to Nanyang, and the garrison division guarding Luoyang has also sent a brigade south three hours ago to reinforce it. Ladies and gentlemen, because Brother Chen is ill and unable to see things, this commander plans to send a general to Nanyang to preside over the battle of the Third Route Army. ”

Feng Yuxiang looked solemn and looked at the generals under his command one by one.

The generals glanced at each other, and all of them unconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to take the initiative to ask. They all knew very well in their hearts that, according to Feng Yuxiang's temper, if he changed generals on the spot, it was very likely that he would be able to fight a special battle on the line from Nanyang to Jingxiang -- as soon as the battle began, Fang suffered heavy losses of three brigades and one division, seriously damaged its military prestige, and greatly plummeted the morale of the entire front, which was really a very faceless thing, and this was a fiasco that the Northwest Army had never experienced in the past few years since its growth, and revenge was inevitable, but under the current situation of fierce fighting on all fronts and the shortage of troops, it was really difficult to undertake such an arduous task.

Zhang Weixi, commander of the First Route Army, hesitated slightly, and slowly stood up to appeal: "Marshal, now the battle situation is in a state of stalemate, the main forces of all roads are in a hard battle, the reserves of the third line have been put into battle, and the three reserve divisions of Xin and Zheng have reinforced the first line of eastern Henan, which is the most fierce battle, as long as it lasts for a few days, there will be a turning point when the Jin Sui army enters Jinan, and at that time, the Han Fuqu Army of the Central Army and the Chen Tiaoyuan Army will be crushed for thousands of miles, and the entire battle situation will be reversed. subordinates think...... It is better to take a defensive position on the front line of Nanyang. ”

Feng Yuxiang glanced at Zhang Weixi coldly, sank his face, and said gloomily: "You are right, the Jin Sui army is indeed better than us, in the past few days, Xu Yongchang's department has been in Keshu County, advancing for hundreds of miles, and the troops are directed at Jinan, and the scum of our Northwest Army, Han Fuqu Legion and Chen Tiaoyuan's Legion, have retreated again and again, without the power to resist, and the Jin Sui Army will occupy Jinan just around the corner!" And what about us? More than 200,000 troops have been fighting hard for more than a month but have made no progress, and now even Dengzhou and Xinye have been lost, so that Nanyang and Luoyang are also under the coercion of the Central Army! Do you know what's at stake? If we ignore the threat of the enemy, Nanyang will inevitably not be protected, and our belly will be exposed, and we will be cut by the central army. If it still chooses to defend passively in the face of even battles in the north, the Fifth Army of the Central Army will definitely gain an inch and continue to move north...... Zimin (Zhang Zhijiang), please hold off and listen to Ben Shuai's words! ”

Feng Yuxiang raised his hand to stop his chief of staff Zhang Zhijiang's speech, stood up and scanned the generals majestically, and said loudly: "Before this battle, the entire general headquarters and departments were conclusive, telling this commander An Yi's Fifth Army Corps only has four main divisions, and the garrison troops in the other three places are all rabble, and they can't get on the stage, and two of the four main divisions are still new divisions that lack combat effectiveness, and they are not the opponents of our Third Route Army at all, but what is the truth?"

Hum! Fan Xiaoquan's 51st Division quietly disappeared from the enemy's Fifth Army sequence, and suddenly appeared in the reserve army sequence of Gu Zhutong's Army of the Second Army Thousands of miles away, and the division commander was also replaced by Han Deqin, so that Jiang Zhongzheng could calmly transfer Chen Cheng and other two main divisions to Jinpu Road for emergency relief, but despite this, An Yi's Fifth Army not only did not reduce its strength, but also had four more divisions at once!

So far, we still can't figure out the numbers of the other divisions, and we can't figure out where the extra four divisions suddenly appeared, and how to fight this confused account battle? Who can see the dangers? ”

The generals in the hall felt guilty under Feng Yuxiang's aggressive gaze, and they were silent, and the chief of staff, Zhang Zhijiang, also lowered his head and was very sad.

Feng Yuxiang sat down slowly, took a sip of the teacup, and glanced at the generals again: "Everyone, at this critical juncture, this commander does not want to hold anyone responsible, nor does he want to destroy his own prestige with the ambition of others. From the previous meeting before the war, including Brother Baichuan, the commander of the Jin Sui Army, who came to Zhengzhou a few days ago, to discuss the battle situation with us, he had highlighted An Yi's Fifth Army. Among the ten typical battles discussed by the special class of the Whampoa Military Academy, three were written by An Yi, can't this attract our enough attention?

Ben Shuai dares to make a conclusion here today, An Yi's Fifth Legion is definitely not just as simple as coveting Nanyang! But what is his ultimate goal? What's next? Did he and He Chengjun's Third Army gather forces to break through Nanyang, and then go straight to Luoyang? Or is it to carry out non-stop large-scale attacks in Nanyang, so that my armies from all walks of life can't eat and sleep, and can't be distracted day and night? Or is it a false shot to secretly cross Chen Cang, and quietly allocate troops to help other fronts again?

Have we ever tested all of this? Have you ever been mentally prepared and coped? Under the existence of such a huge security risk, if the front line of Nanyang is still only blindly defensive, who dares to guarantee that it can be stubbornly defended under the scheming An Yi's all-encompassing attacks? Once it is broken by it, how will Nanyang defend it? Can it still be held? I'll leave these questions to you for discussion now, and if there is no result, no one will want to leave today, and no one will be allowed to eat for me! ”

Feng Yuxiang said, put down the teacup heavily, stood up and looked at the generals without looking at them, and then brushed his sleeves away, leaving a group of generals with pale faces and guilty to ignore them.