Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Road to the Army
Someone actually publicly supported Hu Fei when Sun Tongxuan had not yet expressed his position? Not to mention other people, even Hu Fei himself didn't expect it! Surprised, he looked in the direction of the sound, and saw He Cuizhi, the commander of the 81st Division, winking at him, it turned out to be him!
The first battle Hu Fei fought after coming to Zhengzhou was the battle of Huanggang Temple, and he led the 88th Column there to relieve the siege of the 81st Division. He Cuizhi is repaying Hu Fei for his kindness in relieving the siege, and he was also relieved of the siege once!
He Cuizhi is a veteran general of Sun Tongxuan's lineage, and his connections are not for fun. As soon as He Cuizhi's voice fell, three or four generals stood up one after another to express their support.
There are those who support it, and there are those who oppose it, and Zhou Zunshi, commander of the 20th Division, expressed his opposition. Master Zhou is also an old man of the Sun Group, and there is also a large group of supporters, Zhou Zunshi finished speaking, and then someone stood up and planned to participate in the defense. Sun Tongxuan hurriedly waved his hand to stop it.
"Stop, stop, pause! Please be seated. This is a military meeting, not a military negotiation, if you want to debate it, two people can argue casually, don't show it off here! If others don't have any other new ideas, we'll end the free discussion. Let me tell you a few words. ”
"What Commander Hu just said is thought-provoking and profound. I don't read much, and I don't know much about the art of war. However, I understood what the commander of the sky said. Besiege the little devil on three sides and leave him a way out. We pursued him from behind, leaving him on the run for his life, with many dead and wounded. Hey, that sounds exciting! Great idea, full of heaven, I have your back! ”
Although Sun Tongxuan, a non-Central Army general, is better at factional struggles, they also have a pair of fiery eyes that can perceive right and wrong. Just as Sun Tongxuan himself said, maybe he doesn't read much and doesn't know much about the art of war, but it doesn't mean that he has no vision!
Hu Fei's siege is a good idea as soon as it is clear, and it is an extremely clever battle strategy. According to Hu Fei's method, you can die less, and you can win the battle. Sun Tongxuan saw this too clearly. He made it clear that he supported it, what else did the others have to say?
Zhou Zunshi, the commander of the 20th Division, immediately changed his attitude and supported the method of encircling Sanque and one battle! He does not support Hu Fei but supports this tactic, or Sun Tongxuan! By the time Commander-in-Chief Sun asked who was for and who was against, all the generals present had raised their hands.
Wai Sanque is determined, and the next step is to discuss specific tactics, how to encircle San? How to Que One? How did the troops move from siege to pursuit? One task after another, it was assigned to every leading general present and to every unit on the battlefield.
"Mantian, I want to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known how many people would be left in the Third Army after this battle. Sun Tongxuan held Hu Fei's hand and was sincerely grateful.
"Brother Yin Ting, you are too modest. With you, the victorious general, in charge, the Third Army will never disappear. Hu Fei had already made a perfect shot, and after a light sentence, Sun Tongxuan suddenly smiled.
The two of them said goodbye, and ran into He Cuizhi again when they went out of the gate. Hu Fei naturally wanted to express his gratitude to Master He for his righteous help, and He Cuizhi said a few words of modesty, and the relationship between the two seemed to be one step closer.
In order not to let the devil suspect, Zhou Zunshi led the 20th Division to fight all night, and only then did he slowly retreat with the troops until it was dawn.
The commander of the Devil Brigade, Ishikawa Ryuichi, was already about to wipe his neck at this time. His original intention was to rescue the Yamada United, but he didn't expect the Yamada United to be rescued but to put himself in! Surrounded by the Chinese troops of the Third Army, he only has more than 1,000 people in his hands, a semi-crippled wing that lacks medical treatment, how do you let him break through?
Ryuichi Ishikawa's only hope is to come with reinforcements. But I've been waiting for a day, why haven't the reinforcements come yet? He had sent the telegram for help five times, and the answer he got was always that the reinforcements were on the way, where did they get the reinforcements from? Is it from Japan? In that case, reinforcements won't be able to come next month!
The sound of gunfire throughout the night distracted him, and he picked up his cup and took a sip of refreshing sake, which made him feel a little better. "Kojiro!" The commander of the Ishikawa Brigade howled at the top of his throat, and a devil with the rank of captain came in at a trot, "What's the matter General?" ”
"Ugh. What time is it? He burped and paused for a moment before he remembered to ask the time.
"It's 6:23 a.m." The orderly looked at his watch and told an exact time.
"Six-twenty? It's morning again. Belch. I wonder if my hen will lay another egg today? And the goat. The guy muttered and didn't know what to mutter. The orderly only thought that this guy was talking in his sleep with hysteria, and he didn't hear it.
"Jingle bell-" The phone on the table rang suddenly, and the orderly stepped forward to grab the microphone, and after listening to it for a while, he handed it to his master.
"Oh. What did you say? The Twentieth Division was defeated? Yo Sai, Sato-kun, you have a lot to do! Order the troops to advance immediately and open the way for the main forces of the wing! After hanging up the phone, Ishikawa Ryuichi had already swept away the depression just now, and patted the orderly on the shoulder with full spirit and told him: After this battle is over, he will be promoted to Cao Chang!
The orderly's voice of gratitude to Dade obviously made His Excellency the General feel better. The radiant commander of the Ishikawa Brigade gave the troops the order to march quickly. The ghost soldiers of the Yamada Wing took their rifles and luggage on their backs, and hurriedly lined up and began to march, but they didn't know whether this path of progress was a paradise of happiness or a hell of death.
The 88th Column was also one of the many pursuing troops. Before the pursuit began, Hu Fei gave an order to the troops, chase, chase me hard! Don't be afraid to make things bigger, there is Sun Tongxuan with us. Behind Sun Tongxuan is the commander of the theater of operations, Wei Lihuang. What are we afraid of?
As soon as Hu Fei gave this order, the troops of the 88th Column immediately moved. In addition to the third regiment that has been disbanded, the remaining first regiment, the second regiment, the new regiment, the cavalry regiment, the independent regiment, and the five main regiments are desperately chasing forward in the back in five ways! If you catch up with the devil, you will fight, and if you can't beat it, the big guys will fight together!
The devils of Yamada United can suffer this time. For the attacks and harassment of my pursuit troops, the devils can only continue to send out the troops after the break, and the people sent out are basically meat buns and dogs. Whoever is sent to the head will say a final goodbye to his companions. There was a gloom in the wing.