The rising sun became hot in a moment, and the vast fields of eastern Henan were annoying at a glance, except for the yellow-green, yellow-green crops and looming villages. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the same as the road from the Yellow River crossing to Heze, the road south of Heze is still bad. Since yesterday's division commander's decision to go south, the engineer boat and bridge unit repaired the road leading to Lanfeng overnight, but the engineer only paid attention to the bridge, which was related to the passage of the mountain artillery team of the army, and those official roads that had been in disrepair and full of potholes could not be repaired at all.

Because of this, the main force led by Tu Feiyuan did not take the main road, but walked directly in the crops on both sides of the road. The avant-garde of men, horses, and vehicles of all kinds was like a huge and ugly centipede, overwhelming crop after crop as it advanced. As the centipede marched, the 18th Cavalry Wing reconnoitred the front of the unit according to the drill code. They were no longer in groups of twos and scattering their nets as they had done yesterday, and these cavalry were now in small formations, guarding the front and the south-east direction where yesterday's losses had been made, where the salient of the Chinese army to the German line of defense was located. Although they knew that the people did not have the courage to attack, these cavalry continued to patrol in this direction.

"The enemy avant-garde unit is out!" Liao Yaoxiang hung up the phone for a while before he spit out. Because of the delay in the transmission of information, the command headquarters did not receive the forward reconnaissance report until half an hour after the Japanese troops left the city.

"In what direction? How many people?! Did the team come out? Du Yuming watched closely, army commander Xu Tingyao, 1st Brigade Commander Hu Xianqun, 2nd Brigade Commander Qiu Qingquan, 77th Motorized Infantry Division Commander Peng Weiren, and Honorary 1st Motorized Infantry Division Commander Zheng Dongguo also looked at him. The current situation is to determine the specific movement of the enemy army, so that the side can determine the details of the attack, although nine sets of plans have been made before, it can be said that it is foolproof, but it is still very important to be able to know the movement and position of the Japanese army.

"Here!" Liao Yaoxiang jumped quickly in front of the sand table and pointed to the iron furnace road in the south-west of Heze, "The Japanese soldiers are divided into two roads, all the way along the line of Heze Lanfeng to Lanfeng; The other road goes directly south, and it is estimated that it will pass through the iron furnace set and then to the inner yellow set. Now the avant-garde troops along the way have left the city, according to the Japanese army's discipline, the team will set off in twenty minutes, and now the team has already left the city at this time. ”

"Is the information accurate?" The matter is very important, Xu Tingyao asked very uneasily.

"Exactly." Liao Yaoxiang had already asked Major Xiao Pingbo, the commander of the search battalion, on the phone, "Battalion Commander Xiao's report from the first to the seventh covert reconnaissance points is reported like this. Observation Point 7 is the highest and looks most closely. ”

There are few trees in the wilderness of eastern Henan, but there are two ancient acacia trees in front of the immeasurable view five miles south of the city, and the No. 7 observation point is arranged on the treetops. In order to get a better vision, the top branch was cut a little, which made the host cry out for sin. For this reason, Xu Tingyao also went to worship incense and make a wish - promising that after the great victory, the 88th Army will thoroughly cultivate the immeasurable view.

"Jianchu, how can you be sure that the main force of the Japanese army is in the direction of the iron furnace?" Xu Tingyao thought of the two tall and dense ancient acacias, and after being relieved, he was worried about which way the Japanese army was the main force, and he was afraid that he would hit the auxiliary car by mistake.

"This, according to the Japanese army documents captured by our Taierzhuang, when the main force of a division marches, its vanguard is a wing, and the queue is about five kilometers. Now the Japanese army is divided, and the length of the queue of avant-garde troops in the direction of Zhuangzhai is 1,600 meters, which should be the vanguard of an infantry wing; The Iron Furnace set lined up three thousand meters long for the advance guard, indicating that this should be a brigade, and under normal circumstances, the team should be one thousand meters behind the front guard, the length of the line was four thousand meters, and the length of the entire marching army was as long as eight thousand meters. ”

Speaking that the Japanese army was only a brigade, Liao Yaoxiang lifted his glasses with some anxiety and said: "If the Japanese intelligence is correct, there is probably a wing of the Japanese army that will stay in Heze." ”

Liao Yaoxiang was uneasy, and Xu Tingyao and others were also groaning. The Japanese soldiers are so scattered, it will be better to fight by themselves, but everyone is worried that the wing in Heze City will respond to the Japanese troops who leave the city. They did not know at all that the Sakai Takashi Detachment of the 14th Division was in the direction east of Heze and had not acted with Tufeiyuan at all, and Li Kongrong also set out in anticipation of the enemy's leniency and did not remind Chang Kaishen that the 14th Division had a wing and a brigade that had been transferred to Jining.

"Where will the Japanese army be at twelve o'clock at noon?" The arrow had to be sent, and the Japanese army responded to it, and Xu Tingyao, who didn't want to dream a lot at night, couldn't control it.

"This ......" Liao Yaoxiang was a little embarrassed. There are strict rules for the march of the army, and the Japanese army's drill shows that it is in harmony with the country. The marching regulations laid down in the military discipline code were no different - the infantry division traveled four kilometers per hour, six hours a day, and twenty kilometers a day; Cavalry divisions travel seven kilometers per hour and forty to fifty kilometers a day.

However, the current situation of the Japanese army is that the infantry has added a huge number of motor vehicles, and the drill code does not say at all how many kilometers such a unit can march in an hour. According to the German or French military codes, motorized troops marched 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, eight or ten hours a day, and traveled between 120 and 200 kilometers a day.

After thinking about it, although the Japanese army had cars, the cars were used to carry heavy loads with cannons, and most of the infantry still had to walk on two legs. Liao Yaoxiang said: "Military sitting, I don't think the speed of the Japanese army is much faster, deducting the ten to fifteen minutes of rest per hour, the Japanese avant-garde troops should have just passed the iron furnace set at twelve o'clock, and the rear team of this team is about twelve kilometers out of Heze City." I wonder if the attack can be pushed back by two hours? In this way, the rear of the Japanese army can open up the distance from the remaining troops in Heze......"

"No way!" Before Xu Tingyao could speak, Du Yuming shook his head, this question had been considered for a long time, but after weighing it repeatedly, he still made a choice. "A two-hour delay is equivalent to a two-hour reduction in today's combat time. It was difficult to judge the speed of the Japanese march, so we decided to attack at lunchtime, about seven hours before dark. At present, Japan's heavy artillery troops and baggage troops are still north of Heze, and Tufeiyuan is in a hurry to go south, so we can't wait for anything, so it is better to attack and surround Tufeiyuan first, and then attack northward to take down the heavy artillery troops. ”

Du Yuming once again reiterated his reasons, except for Qiu Qingquan, even Liao Yaoxiang nodded in agreement. Qiu Qingquan hesitated for a moment and said, "Junzuo, Brother Guangting, what about the wing that goes in the direction of Lanfeng?" Just let it go? ”

"The 27th Army is arranged in Lanfeng and the area west of Lanfeng, and it has built strong enough fortifications, these three divisions are enough to stop this one wing, and there is Huang Jie's 8th Army behind." Liao Yaoxiang was the person in the whole army who knew the layout of the Eastern Henan Corps and the operational intentions of the entire battle in the whole army, except for Xu Tingyao and Du Yuming. In fact, Qiu Qingquan was worried that the first part of the 27th Army would encounter the Japanese wing without tank support, and he didn't know how many people Gui Yongqing had sent, and what if this force couldn't defeat it?

Of course, Qiu Qingquan's thoughts were not clear to others, Xu Tingyao said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the situation in Japan is basically the same as the No. 5 operation plan we discussed before, and the situation is urgent, please return to the troops as soon as possible to adjust the arrangements and inform the various departments of the details of the operation." Now, please check your watches, and we will leave at half past eight. ”

After facing the generals present, Xu Tingyao said: "Please be sure to tell the soldiers: the chairman is watching us in Kaifeng, and the 40,000 compatriots across the country are watching us, and the duties and glory of our soldiers are all in this blow, and I wish you all success!" ”

In the open air, the harsh sun made the plane hot. Before the pilots arrived, with the efforts of the ground crew, every aircraft was ready. After the final mobilization, Lieutenant Colonel Ma Tinghuai stepped on the wing and took the root of the I-16, the latest Soviet fighter with good performance, he was not used to it - poor vision, confused instrument panels, take-off speeds greater than 200 kilometers per hour, too agile handling, and too trembling airframe, all of which showed that this was a patchwork fighter that only a veteran pilot could fully control him.

pulled the scarf around his neck, Ma Tinghuai was covered in sweat, but this problem would be solved in a while. Seeing the ground crew waving his hand, and then looking at the tower not far away, Ma Tinghuai started the plane, the propeller was spinning, and the engine was running ...... Bobo, emitting a burst of choking white smoke. As the engine starts from slow to fast, the entire fuselage begins to habitually tremble, which is a stubborn problem for the I-16, and because of this, it is not a stable firing platform.

As the propellers ran at high speed, the sound of the engines gradually turned to roaring, this was not Lieutenant Colonel Ma Tinghuai, but all the planes of the entire 5th Group. Seeing that the engine was gradually running smoothly, Ma Tinghuai turned the engine power to the maximum, his leg pressed the brake tightly to prevent the plane from sliding forward, and after a minute, he finally stopped checking, and cocked his thumb with his right hand downward, and the plane began to taxi towards the runway. Because of the tail skid towing, the plane was very unstable in taxiing, but soon, after the runway centerline, the plane gradually took off from the ground, at this time Ma Tinghuai was not idle, he shook the crank under the throttle valve and began to retract the landing gear.

The deputy captain's plane took off first, followed by his two wingmen, then nine planes from the 24th Squadron, followed by the 25th and 28th Squadrons. After they took off, the Heinkel dive bombers of the 6th Group taxied to the runway one after another, and this time there were only twenty-seven of them, and one more plane malfunctioned. The dive bombers of the 6th Group quickly formed a rectangular formation after takeoff, and the I-16s that took off before were escorted on both sides of the formation. The 54-plane, a quarter of all combat aircraft in China, flew north in anticipation of everyone on the ground.

"Chairman, the plane has taken off." In Kaifeng, more than 130 kilometers away, Liu Fei reported softly to Chang Kaishen. At this time, it was already a quarter past eleven, and the fleet would reach the Yellow River in thirty minutes.

"Hmm." As the time for the general attack approached, Chang Kaishen couldn't sit still for a long time. When he got up in the morning, he prayed to God devoutly, and then looked up at the photo of the former prime minister on the wall of his office, and had a good friendship with the former prime minister. "Can you see it here?" Chang Kaishen asked.

"Report to the chairman, maybe you can see it." Although Lin Wei used the color, Liu Fei still told the truth. "After the fleet flies north to the Yellow River, it will fly east with the Yellow River as a landmark, and if the fleet flies to the Yellow River west of Kaifeng, they will fly along the Yellow River through Kaifeng. We have arranged for a ground signage to let us know that the aircraft still needs to fly east. ”

In the era when there was no precise navigation, rivers and railways were the best landmarks for aircraft, but for insurance, the Air Force still arranged reflective signs in Kaifeng and other cities along the Yellow River, as well as near the battlefield, in order to guide the aircraft not to get lost and arrive at the battlefield on time.

Hearing that the group might pass by Kaifeng, Chang Kaishen suddenly became energetic, and he said: "Then let's go outside and go to a high place." I'm going to watch them go to fight the pirates. ”

"Chairman!" Lin Wei immediately stopped, "There have been Japanese planes bombing these days, what if the Japanese come again at this time." I can't go out. ”

"Headmaster!" Colonel Wang Shihe also stood up, his task was to be responsible for Chang Kaishen's safety, and now seeing that Chang Kaishen was about to put himself in danger, he also stood up to stop him.

"Chairman, you are already very dangerous in Kaifeng, and it will be even more dangerous if you go out again, in case of loss, 10,000 14th divisions will also make up for such losses." Lin Wei looked at Chang Kaishen, who was wandering around like a trapped beast in the house, and tried his best to dissuade him. And over there, Wang Shihe had already occupied the door of the room, and if Chang Kaishen really wanted to go out, he would kneel on the threshold. Fortunately, Chang Kaishen turned around a few times and sat down again, letting the stones in the hearts of the two fall to the ground.

"Did Du Guangting leave over there?" Chang Kaishen asked helplessly.

"We left two and a half hours ago." Lin Wei said. "It's time to settle the pottery. Maybe you'll get on fire with the Japanese Bandits. ”

The 88th Army's battle plan was adjusted at any time according to the movements of the Japanese army, at this time the 88th Army had set off for two and a half hours, and their route of action was to the east to reach Cao County on the first line of Heze Guide, which took them an hour, and then went north from Cao County to Dingtao, which took an hour and a half, and then it was from Dingtao to the west obliquely cut into the Japanese army's marching route, this position was the middle and rear of the Japanese army, and its northernmost point was only ten kilometers away from Heze City, which was considered to have completely completed the outflanking of the Japanese army.

Because the Heze Shangqiu line was all under their own control, and after stealthily driving out of Beiguan Town, it was to the north, which was far away from the direction of the Japanese army's marching route, so the Japanese reconnaissance cavalry could not find the 88th Army more than 30 kilometers away. What we really have to worry about is the Japanese planes in the sky, but the Air Force has already arranged that the two squadrons of the 4th Brigade will take off from Kaifeng Airport for aerial shelter when the 88th Army departs, in case the Japanese planes discover and attack the 88th Army, which is marching rapidly. (To be continued.) )