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Chapter 1269 Conspiracy? Impotence

At 3:40 a.m. on 30 July, the main force of the Japanese Riverside Brigade suddenly turned south and stormed Wanping County, concentrating more than 30 artillery pieces to launch a 10-minute fierce artillery bombardment on the head and gate of Wanping City, and by 4:30 a.m., Wanping City fell, and more than 900 officers and men of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 219th Regiment of the 37th Division were all killed, and the 1st Wing of the Riverside Brigade was stationed in Wanping City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bixi Manor, Changyang Town, Fangshan, the front headquarters of the 77th Army.

In the morning light, four off-road vehicles struggled along the east side of the railway line that had been blown up by Japanese planes, and the craters along the way still emitted repeated smoke of gunpowder, and the broken railroad tracks were twisted and lifted high, and the sleepers scattered were lying horizontally and vertically around the charred road.

An Yi in the car silently looked at the bleak scene after the raging war along the way, without saying a word, what he was thinking about at the moment was not Zhou Zhirou's air force losses, but how to form a unified opinion with Feng Zhi'an and other generals who were about to meet.

The generals of the newly established 77th Army, together with the army commander Feng Zhi'an, came to the gate of the manor early to greet An Yi's arrival.

According to the latest order of the Central Military Commission, the newly established 77th Army commanded the 37th Division and the 132nd Division, and was allowed to form the 179th Division. After Feng Zhi'an took up the post of commander of the 77th Army, he immediately adjusted his subordinate troops, Zhang Lingyun, the former chief of staff of the division, was promoted to the chief of staff of the army, and Liu Zizhen, the former deputy division commander, was promoted to the commander of the 37th Division and stationed in Fang County; Yu Changhai took over the sacrificed Zhao Dengyu as the commander of the 132nd Division, and still adhered to the front line of Nanyuan; The former 25th Independent Brigade, the 28th Independent Brigade and the 1st Special Service Brigade directly under the 179th Division formed the 179th Division, with the division commander served by the fierce general He Jifeng, and the former commander of the 219th Regiment Ji Xingwen was promoted to the deputy commander of the 179th Division.

At this moment, Feng Zhi'an is also thinking about the same thing as An Yi, he and more than a dozen generals under his command who have been promoted to the next level are very surprised by An Yi's sudden arrival, and they are also uneasy, not to mention An Yi's important identity now, the outstanding military exploits he has made in the past ten years, and the unmatched power and prestige among the generals of the whole team, just coming secretly at this delicate juncture, it indicates that a big war is about to start, which seems to be undoubted, looking at the war over the years, whether it is the Great Wall War of Resistance or the Shanghai War of Resistance, As long as An Yi is on the front line, it will soon lead to large-scale military operations and fierce battles, not to mention that An Yi came secretly this time, and it came so quickly.

Immediately following Feng Zhi'an were Yang Guan, deputy commander of the 17th Army, and his adjutant.

The day after the end of the Battle of Langfang, Hu Jialin, commander of the Fifth Army, asked to step down from the post of commander of the 17th Army, and the Central Military Commission quickly made a decision.

Looking at the four off-road vehicles that were getting closer and closer, the generals behind Feng Zhi'an whispered, and were deeply surprised by An Yi's light car, usually the old commander Song Zheyuan and others came to inspect, all of them were mighty and heavily guarded, and the guards were never less than one battalion, and now it was a time of war, and the entire line from Fangshan to Daxing was bombed by Japanese planes on a large scale yesterday, but An Yi, who was in a high position, only took four off-road vehicles and traveled more than 100 kilometers long distances, and he couldn't figure out whether he was fearless or pretended.

A school officer rushed across the courtyard of the manor and came to Feng Zhi'an's side, his chest rose and fell, and his face turned pale: "Report to the military seat, Brigade Commander Sun of the Second Security Brigade sent an urgent telegram, at six o'clock in the morning, Chief Wei Lihuang led the two main divisions of the Fourteenth Army to suddenly storm the Eleventh Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army in Changping, the initial progress went smoothly, and the two fronts of the Japanese army were once hit under the city of Changping, but the Japanese army quickly stabilized its position, and the Japanese Seventh Mixed Brigade stationed in the Goryeo battalion soon joined the battlefield and launched a fierce attack on the left flank of the Fourteenth Army, and the Fourteenth Army was defeated and retreated, Now that he has retreated to the railway line south of Nankou Station, he is struggling to support, and the commander of Wei sent someone to ask Brigade Commander Sun to lead his troops to support. ”

"What? For such a big thing, the Fourteenth Army didn't even talk to us beforehand? ”

"No, General Junru (Wei Lihuang) has always been calm and steady, how could he make such a stupid move?"

Before Feng Zhi'an could speak, the generals of the 77th Army around him were already agitated, whispering to each other.

Feng Zhi'an pondered for a moment and looked at Yang Guan, Yang Guan shook his head apologetically, saying that he didn't know what was going on, seeing that An Yi's convoy was already within 100 meters, Feng Zhi'an temporarily left the battle at Nankou, reminded his generals in a low voice, and lined up neatly again.

The convoy slowly stopped ten meters away, a group of heavily armed guards quickly jumped out of the car and scattered around, Yang Guan didn't wait for everyone to react, he had already stepped forward quickly, Feng Zhi'an thought about it or took the initiative to lean over, a group of generals behind him felt a little uncomfortable when they saw this, but An Yi jumped out of the car at this time and strode over, and the bearded Hu Jialin and the two yuan major generals followed An Yi and walked quickly.

An Yi and Yang Guan saluted each other, strode in front of Feng Zhi'an, and saluted: "General Feng, An Yi came uninvited, and I hope that the general and your colleagues Haihan!" ”

"Where, where! I have been waiting for the prestige of Chief An for a long time, and I have long been looking forward to seeing the heroic appearance, but the news is slow and far away, and I hope that Chief An will forgive me. ”

Feng Zhi'an saw An Yi taking the initiative to salute and greet him so enthusiastically, the unhappiness in his heart had already disappeared, and after returning a military salute, he immediately stretched out his hands and shook hands with An Yi tightly, and then saluted the familiar Hu Jialin, and turned around to introduce his subordinates.

Zhang Lingyun, He Jifeng and other generals of the 77th Army saw that An Yi had no frame at all, and the clothes he was wearing were no different from the wartime clothes of the officers and soldiers of the An family, and his young and handsome face was filled with a sincere smile, which naturally revealed a kind of politeness and respect for people, without the hypocritical politeness and pretentiousness of the superiors, and immediately looked at An Yi in his heart, and after respectfully saluting, he couldn't help but stretch out his hands and shake hands with An Yi.

After the meeting, An Yi explained to Feng Zhi'an: "General Feng, the battle of Nankou has begun, General Wei Lihuang has successfully contained the two brigades of the Japanese army, and laid the foundation for General Tang Enbo to command the 13th Army to secretly go south to flank the Japanese army, half an hour ago, I received a battle report from General Tang Enbo on the road, the two main divisions of the 13th Army have successfully moved to the Changling line behind the Japanese flank, and the supplementary division has entered the northwest of the battlefield, and the General Wei Lihuang Department has joined together to launch a counterattack, and the war has entered a white-hot state, It is estimated that there will be a result within three hours.

"The entire operational plan for this battle came from the General Staff, and Chairman Chiang and Deputy General Bai personally issued an order, mobilizing two armies, five main divisions and two supplementary divisions, and a total of more than 80,000 officers and men participating in the battle, which can be called a campaign. For the sake of secrecy, no other departments except the combat troops were notified, including the 17th Military Department, and I ask General Feng and you to forgive me! ”

"Ah.......h

"That's ...... so"

"The Japanese have a lot of tricks and spies, so it's right to be cautious......"

The generals were surprised and sighed, Feng Zhi'an's heart moved, and he immediately guessed the purpose of An Yi's coming, turned his body slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and said politely: "Chief An, please come in to speak, if my estimate is good, I'm afraid it will be our army's turn to fight." ”

An Yi, Hu Jialin and the others glanced at each other, laughed, said a few words apologetically, and then poured into the courtyard with Feng Zhi'an and other generals, and walked to the main hall made of gray tiles and blue bricks in the middle.

When he came to the hall, Feng Zhi'an raised his hand and shouted: "Look at the tea-"

An Yi hurriedly waved his hand: "Not busy, not busy, let's take a look at the map first." ”

Feng Zhi'an was not polite when he heard this, and hurriedly invited An Yi, Hu Jialin and Fang Pengxiang to come to the map and pointed to the map: "Please instruct Chief An." ”

"There are no instructions, only requests, let's let Commander Hu say it, this operation was mainly initiated by the Independent Division of the Seventeenth Army and General Feng's headquarters, so I won't be too wordy." An Yi shook his head, showing his humble demeanor very low-key.

Feng Zhi'an, Zhang Lingyun, and He Jifeng were slightly stunned, and then looked at the map together.

"Is it beating Wanping?"

Zhang Lingyun was worthy of being the chief of staff of the 77 th Army, and he immediately judged the general situation by the position of the headquarters and the independent division.

"That's right! It is to fight Wanping, not only to fight Wanping, but also to strive to completely annihilate the riverside brigade and give the Japanese a dismount. Hu Jialin was no longer polite, and he was enlightened as soon as he came forward.

Feng Zhi'an hesitated slightly, carefully checked the map, and turned to Hu Jialin after a while: "Brother Hu, do we need to contact the 38th Division in Daxing?" ”

Hu Jialin shook his head and pointed to the map: "For the time being, the riverside brigade plus an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade and an engineer brigade have a total strength of only about 18,000 people, while the strength of the 37th Division and the independent division of your and our sides alone has reached 32,000 people.

"Everyone, look...... At present, the 17th Division of our Fifth Army Corps firmly occupies Langfang, the 40th Division is holding the main road from Wuqing to Langfang, and the newly formed 170th Division, as a strategic reserve, is deployed in the rear of the two divisions, basically blocking the road for the Japanese army in Tianjin to go north to rescue, and the Daxing line only needs to strictly guard against the Japanese army in the east. However, since the Japanese reinforcements were constantly marching into the Pingjin battlefield through Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao, the two divisions and four security brigades of General Zhang Zizhong's 29th Army had a very heavy defensive task, and there was no need to trouble them on the line from Wanping and Fengtai to Nanyuan, as long as the 38th Division firmly held the line of Huangcun and cut off the eastward escape route of the riverside brigade, it would be the greatest support for us. ”

"What does Chief Hu mean...... This battle wants to completely annihilate the riverside division? Zhang Lingyun's eyes widened, and he looked at Hu Jialin in disbelief.

Hu Jialin nodded resolutely with a resolute face: "The request of Chairman Jiang and the General Staff is this, but what General Bai and General An mean - the three divisions of your and our armies will be dispatched at the same time, with the most fierce offensive and the fastest speed, to destroy the Japanese troops west of Changxindian and Lugou Bridge and south of Nanyuan in one fell swoop, and finally encircle Wanping City. ”

Feng Zhi'an took a deep breath: "Brother Hu, just say it clearly, how can our 77th Army fight this battle?" ”

"Before dawn, the two brigades of General Yang Guan's independent division will arrive in Wangzuozhen, including the mechanized heavy artillery regiment directly under the 17th Army, and they will attack Changxindian, and then attack the Japanese army stationed in Fengtai. Hu Jialin replied politely.

Feng Zhi'an and his two deputies were stunned again, they all knew that the independent brigade where the model battalion of the whole army was located numbered as high as more than 8,000 people, and had its own artillery battalion, mortar battalion, machine gun battalion, and the army's leading engineer battalion. Now, Hu Jialin has generously put the Independent Brigade under his command, and transferred Yang Guan, deputy commander of the 17th Army and commander of the Independent Division, to the left flank to command the operation, which is undoubtedly a great military achievement in front of him, and it is also a kind of fraternal trust.

An Yi saw Feng Zhi'an looking at each other, silently speechless, couldn't help but smile, and said in a low voice: "Everyone, in fact, the most difficult thing is not to attack a wing of Japanese troops in Changxindian and Fengtai, but to quickly encircle Wanping City, which has an artillery brigade and more than a dozen Type 92 cavalry chariots. If there is no strong enough firepower, it is difficult to drive all the Japanese troops into Wanping City, and even if it can be done, it will require a lot of sacrifice. Therefore, please General Feng and you don't be polite, everyone is brothers, there is no need to say anything polite. ”

At this time, Feng Zhi'an and the first cadre of the 70th Army were really completely moved, Feng Zhi'an no longer shirked, nodded and readily agreed, took the secret order signed by Chiang Kai-shek handed over by An Yi, and immediately began to mobilize the army.

Half an hour later, Feng Zhi'an led a group of generals and colonels who were eager to fight with great confidence, and sent An Yi, Hu Jialin and others outside the gate of the courtyard, Feng Zhi'an held An Yi's hand tightly, and asked in a low voice:

"Brother An, we can all see that the battle of Nankou is a conspiracy, and the battle of Wanping is a conspiracy, may I ask Brother An, what is the next strategy?"

An Yi thought for a while and replied: "It's still Yangmou...... As long as we can successfully encircle Wanping City before this evening, the Japanese army will launch a fierce attack on Langfang and Daxing, and the 17th Army and General Zhang Zizhong's 29th Army will be very difficult. The younger brother will rush to Jinghai today to meet with the two veteran generals, Wan Fulin and Pang Bingxun, to see if he can fight Tianjin again. ”

Feng Zhi'an nodded convincingly: "Understood!" Now I get it all! Chief An, please rest assured that our army will go all out and will definitely not disappoint the committee and the people of the whole country! ”