Chapter Seventy-Six: Arriving on the Battlefield

Liu Changfeng didn't know that his unintentional move alarmed the highest authorities of the Anti-Japanese War, and Bai Chongxi, who was the deputy chief of staff of the Kuomintang Anti-Japanese War at the time, was the deputy chief of staff of the Kuomintang Anti-Japanese War, and Bai Chongxi, who was known as Little Zhuge in his hand, hurried to the leader's office, with a faint smile on his face, and gently knocked on the door of the office.

''Come in. Chairman Chiang's clear voice came, not angry and arrogant.

"Good news, chairman, the Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard annihilated more than 1,000 Japanese invaders in Chu County, Anhui Province. Bai Chongxi pushed open the door and walked in happily, and said excitedly.

''Oh? Is it? Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi), it is indeed good news, wait, Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard? Is there this number in the battle sequence of our national government? It can't be a communist force again, is it?'' Chairman Jiang sat straight on the chair, looking at the tall Bai Chongxi, frowning, his face was cloudy, happy and worried.

Of course, this thunderous anti-Japanese vanguard does not belong to the battle sequence of our national government, but it also does not belong to the troops over there. And who is the commander?'' Bai Chongxi said quietly.

Chairman Jiang's face softened slightly, as long as it was not a communist force, he felt a sense of relief for no reason, since the August 13 Songhu War of Resistance, the troops of the Nationalist Government have been defeated again and again, and the whole country is permeated with a pessimistic mood, only in September last year, Lin BIAO's troops of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the 18th Group Army won a victory at Pingxingguan, if it is now the communist troops who have won the battle, what is his face?

Well, well, no matter who they are, at least we Chinese have won the battle, and the current battle of Xuhai on the Jinpu Railway and Longhai Railway is imminent, which can greatly boost the morale of our army and people. However, they are located between Nanjing and the Chihe River, so how can the Japanese allow them to come and go freely? I guess they're not in a good situation, Jiansheng, what do you think?'' Chairman Jiang groaned.

''The chairman of the committee is wise, how can the tiger lie next to the couch to allow others to sleep soundly?'' The Japanese will definitely encircle and suppress them with heavy troops, and they are not optimistic about them, alas, it is a pity. Bai Chongxi said regretfully.

"No matter what, whether they live or die, they are all heroes of my Republic of China, Jiansheng, pay more attention to this army, in addition, wait a minute, you give Li Delin (Li Zongrenzi) a phone call, let him pay attention, the Japanese in Chihe seem to be ready to move, watching my Bengbu, Fengyang, the Japanese are aggressive, if we don't win another battle, the Japanese will be even more rampant, Niang Xipi." Chairman Jiang frowned, worried, and couldn't help but burst into foul language.

"Yes, chairman, but Li Delin once chatted with his lowly post in private, and there were many central armies in the Fifth Theater, and he was worried that Tang Enbo's army and others would disobey his command, and I was afraid that they would delay the fighters." Bai Chongxi said boldly. He and Li Zongren are fellow villagers in Guangxi, and they are representatives of the Gui family, and the two are called "Li Bai", and they have a very good personal relationship.

"Well, this problem is easy to handle, you tell Li Delin, let him command boldly, anyone who disobeys the military order will be dealt with by military law, and if necessary, I can also fly to Xuzhou." There are some things that Chairman Chiang is well aware of, but he now urgently needs a victory and has made up his mind, so Li Zongren has the right to fully command the armies of the Fifth Theater, including Chairman Chiang's direct command of the Central Army.

The reason why Chairman Chiang and Bai Chongxi were not optimistic about Liu Changfeng and them was actually a misjudgment of the Japanese army at that time, because they did not know that the Japanese troops in China were overstretched, and that the Japanese wanted to open up the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, so that the battlefields in North China and East China would be connected, and they had already put almost all their troops into it, and the Japanese army on the southern front was already south of the Huai River, and the war was about to break out, and it was impossible for the Japanese to disrupt their established deployment because of Liu Changfeng's existence.

On January 26, 1938, the main force of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army attacked Bengbu, Fengyang, Linhuaiguan and other places in Huaibei.

Chihe Mingguang Town. After a few days of rapid marching, Liu Changfeng and his party finally arrived here, and everyone was very tired, especially Li Rong, if she hadn't gritted her teeth and insisted, she would have fallen behind a long time ago.

Everyone walked to a small hillside, the trees were shady, Liu Changfeng motioned for everyone to rest, and the dog and the pillar were sent out by Liu Changfeng to guard.

Li Rong sat on the ground, panting, Liu Changfeng sat down opposite Li Rong and asked with concern; ''How?'' Can you keep it up? ‘’

Li Rong nodded firmly, with a stubborn look of unyielding. Zhuo Wei, Situ Ming and Mo Haitao came over and sat next to them.

''Head, what's next?'' It's dusk now, do we have to keep going? Situ Ming squinted his eyes, holding an unknown weed stalk in his mouth, and said casually. The rapid march along the way did not affect him much.

The sky in the distance was full of red clouds, a few red lights flashed from time to time, thick smoke billowed out, and there was a muffled thunderous cannon sound in the ears, obviously there was a battle ahead, and a fierce battle was raging.

Liu Changfeng frowned, his expression was solemn, according to the Japanese tradition, they are not good at night fighting, now should be their last madness during the day, in the last wave of attack, after which they will sound the gong to withdraw their troops and fight again the next day.

"Let's eat something first, then rest on the spot, and we move at night, change into Japanese clothes, and turn the world upside down, so that the Japanese people will not be at peace." Liu Changfeng's face was resolute and he said seriously.

''This is a must-have, I agree.'' Mo Haitao said nonchalantly.

"We have to target them first, and we can't just mess around, and I propose to attack their barracks, headquarters, and arsenals. Zhuo Wei calmly analyzed.

"Okay, in this way, let's scout first in the evening, and then do it after determining the target, Cantonese Aberdeen, you go with me in the evening." Liu Changfeng groaned.

''Okay, no problem.'' Situ Ming said excitedly.

"No, I'm against it, you're the supreme commander here, and if you want to go, I'll go." Zhuo Wei objected.

''yes, we'll just go for this little thing.'' Mo Haitao also agreed.

Liu Changfeng made a silent gesture and said; "Don't rob it, there will be opportunities in the future, let you go next time." ‘’

Zhuo Wei and Mo Haitao had no choice but to give up. Ah Lin seemed to hear Liu Changfeng's argument, and immediately walked over and said; ''Instructor, take me, I came to Mingguang Town once last year, I am familiar with the terrain, do you see it?''

Liu Changfeng was a little surprised, Alin's familiarity with the terrain was certainly much stronger than his own black light blind collision, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

The sky slowly darkened, the boundless night crept in, the distant cannon fire gradually disappeared, and the heaven and earth fell silent, solemn and desolate, except for the cold wind blowing through the trees to make a slight rustle.