Shen Shaofan looked at the sand table and already had a battle method in his heart, "Heavenly Furnace Battle Method", and the calculation in his heart at this time had been formed, because the 4 divisions and 16 brigades of ** were slowly ambushing the surroundings of Beiguan and Mianyang Pass, at this time he recalled the scene a few days ago. 【頂【【【,

It was a scene that no one knows.

Shen Shaofan was leading the troops to advance towards Beiguan when he saw a military jeep that was not their national youth division driving over, and a man in a Mao suit came down from above, Shaofan looked unlucky, he knew that this man was either a military commander or a central commander, and Shaofan was indeed a little uninterested in people there.

At this time, the man came over and said, "Senior Commander Shen, this is what the Southwest Governor's Department asked me to deliver to you. He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Shen Shaofan.

Shen Shaofan was a little curious, and secretly wondered why he had to send someone over to deliver this letter, could it be that he couldn't use a telegram.

This doubt was seen by the man and said, "Listen to the meaning of the chairman." ”

Shen Shaofan opened the letter and saw that it was indeed Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting, but the strange thing was that there were four words on the letterhead: "Heavenly Furnace Tactics", these four words made Shen Shaofan confused, and he wanted to ask the person who sent the letter, but he had already jumped on the jeep and walked away.

Shen Shaofan was a little inexplicable, but secretly thought that since he had to arrange a special person to deliver these four words, it would naturally have ten meanings, so he stuffed the letter into his top pocket. At that time, there was no one around Shen Shaofan except Lei Feizhi, and no matter how Lei Fei was still in the car, he didn't know what they were at all.

Since getting those four words, Shen Shaofan has been thinking about what Chairman Fu means? What does the Southwest Governor's Department mean? Shen Shaofan didn't have much of a good impression of the Southwest Governor's Department, because the Governor's Department was led by He Yingqin, and when it happened to be the first expeditionary force to go to Burma, Shaofan immediately asked Ying to ask the National Youth Division to go to Myanmar after learning about it, but He Yingqin refused, which made Shen Shaofan even more bad influence on him. This time, the Southwest Governor's Department gave him a Heavenly Furnace Tactic of Warfare, if it weren't for Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting, it is estimated that he would not have paid attention to it at all, but since it was Chiang Kai-shek's own handwriting, then Shaofan really had to think about it.

Shen Shaofan was drowsy in the car, and when Shaofan woke up, the car was parked in a wood, and it was dark all around, and he saw two flickering faint fires, Shaofan cursed in his heart, and opened the car door, who popped out: "Who?" Don't know about light control? As soon as the words were finished, I realized that it was wrong, and many of the straight soldiers around me were fresh, and when I looked back and saw that Lei Fei and Song Xianqing were by my side, I was a little puzzled.

At this time, I heard a familiar voice reach Shaofan's ears: "What? Don't know your old classmates anymore? ”

When Shen Shaofan heard this, he immediately knew who it was, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "After the Battle of Songhu, we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

At this time, I saw two lieutenant generals and officers walking out of the night, one was Zhang Zhiheng and the other was Liu Yunfeng, and the three of them laughed and hugged each other when they saw it.

Zhang Zhiheng said: "We are waiting for you here. ”

"Wait for me?" Shen Shaofan was a little dumbfounded, and looked at the two of them curiously.

Zhang Zhiheng said: "The battlefield of Yunnan and Burma has entered a white heat, and the devils want to open up the Sichuan-Yunnan Highway in our country in a vain attempt to train Yunnan-Guizhou and Myanmar Myitkyina. ”

Shen Shaofan lowered his head and said: "I heard that our army was not very smooth in Yunnan and Burma, and the 00th Division of the Tonggu Battle was almost exhausted. I wonder what plans are in place on the battlefield in Burma? ”

Liu Yunfeng said: "The 00th Division, which was originally preparing to launch the Battle of Mandalay, fought desperately with the Japanese in Tonggu, but the British army quit, and the battle was aborted. ”

"The battle of Mandalay was aborted, and it is difficult to estimate the form of our army in Burma, it seems that the devil used eight divisions to attack Mianyang Pass this time, and it seems that he wants to open up the main artery of Sichuan, Yunnan and Burma." Shen Shaofan looked at the map and said, "Are we going to withdraw from Yunnan and Burma?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng said: "The principal has this meaning. ”

Shen Shaofan looked at the map and said: "These five divisions are not heading for Chongqing, but to open up the Sichuan-Yunnan Highway, once the devil's troops open this road, it means that the troops obtained by Myanmar are in danger of being attacked from both sides?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng said: "Although we have roughly five or six hundred thousand troops here, the scattered Taikai cannot form an effective campaign. ”

Shen Shaofan said: "Beiguan and Mianyang Pass are the only places that can annihilate them all, and any further on, we will lose our fighters." ”

Shen Shaofan suddenly understood the meaning of the Heavenly Furnace Battle Method at this time, and said to himself: "It seems that our National Youth Division is the firewood in this Heavenly Furnace." ”

Liu Yunfeng reluctantly lowered his head and said, "Your task is very arduous. ”

Zhang Zhiheng said: "Now our army has reached the ambush ground, but most of the troops are still close together, and now 4 divisions and 16 brigades have been lurking near Mianyang Pass, but our time has not yet come." ”

Shen Shaofan smiled slightly and said: "It is impossible to completely eliminate Takeda Dongchen Hatofu and Beizhong Anan with these 4 divisions and 16 brigades alone, is it impossible for my troops to hold on until all the troops reach the designated position and then attack the devil?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng lowered his head and said nothing.

Shen Shaofan said: "How long?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng said: "The shortest time is five days. ”

Shen Shaofan smiled and said, "Eight days." I held out for eight days. ”

Zhang Zhiheng was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and said again and again: "If it is really the eight-day heavenly furnace plan, it will definitely succeed." ”

Shen Shaofan looked at Zhang Zhiheng and Liu Yunfeng and smiled slightly: "Brother! Take care. ”

"Take care!" Zhang Zhiheng and Liu Yunfeng saluted.

The Heavenly Furnace Tactics is a tactic of "retreating and fighting a decisive battle". The "heavenly furnace" is to spread the troops in the combat zone into a net-like base, and use ambushes, decoy attacks, flank attacks, tail attacks, and other methods to consume the enemy's strength and morale in stages, and finally, "drag" the enemy troops to the decisive battle area, and then fiercely encircle and annihilate them. It became famous because Xue Yue protected Changsha and defeated the Japanese army. At that time, the China War History Publishing Bureau also published the book "The Battle of the Heavenly Furnace" written by Xue Yue. In the preface of the book, there is such a text: "His (referring to Xue Yue) strategy and tactics are enough to understand the seclusion of heaven and earth, the mystery of the poor universe, the weeping of ghosts and gods, the unpredictable of personnel, and the nameless, so it is called "The Battle of the Heavenly Furnace"."

Sent Liu Yunfeng and Zhang Zhiheng Shaofan boarded the car to Beiguan again, at this time his heart was as complicated as Sichuan hot pot, he knew that it was indeed difficult for his national youth division to resist eight Japanese divisions in Beiguan and Mianyang Pass, and there was a possibility that the whole army would be wiped out, but he looked at this battle and his army seemed to be extraordinarily heavy, and it was also a unit that could be sacrificed, which seemed to him to be very contradictory, but it was actually very simple, In Shen Shaofan's explanation, it is important that the National Youth Division is the key to this battle, because if they can firmly stick the devils to Beiguan and Mianyang Pass for eight days, then the troops surrounding them will be able to bring a devastating blow to these eight divisions, and in this way, their troops can sacrifice for this battle.

Shen Shaofan looked at the young soldiers outside the car and couldn't calm down in his heart, those young people entrusted their lives to Shaofan at such a young age, but Shaofan brought them into the situation of death step by step.

"Master!" Jiang Nan's words pulled his thoughts back again.

Shen Shaofan looked back at Jiang Nandao and said, "What else is going on?" ”

Jiang Nandao: "I just received a telegram from Mianyang Pass, and the deputy division commander has led the troops into Mianyang Pass and is deploying. The heavy artillery regiment was set up in the Tianwa Mountains southwest of Mianyang Pass. ”

Shen Shaofan looked at his head and said: "This blocking the sky is indeed thick and thin, this day the mountains and forests are dense, an artillery regiment is hidden here, even if it is a devil's plane, it can't be found, and the range here is enough to hit outside Mianyang Pass." ”

At this time, I heard a sentence from behind: "It seems that Tianfang thought of using the artillery regiment at the end!" ”

As soon as Shen Shaofan heard this, a smile appeared on his face, he turned around and spread his arms and said, "Wenshan, when I see you, I know that your son has brought all my five regiments over." ”

This is when I heard a commotion outside the command headquarters, I saw Huang Junjie; ZHAO Meng; Zheng Hu; Liu Yufeng was all standing outside with a smile, and Shen Shaofan looked at it and smiled: "What are you doing standing outside?" Come in! He waved his hand.

Jiang Nan smiled: "I asked the cooking class to prepare food." ”

"Yes...... right," Zhao Meng said: "We haven't eaten for two days in order to travel, and I'm about to starve to death." ”

Shen Shaofan smiled and said, "It's really hard for everyone, I have already prepared for you, canned beef and white steamed buns." ”

Zhang Wenshan didn't think about anything to eat at this time, but looked around the sand table for a long time and said, "Shaofan, what are your next plans?" ”

Shen Shaofan was about to stand up and talk about his deployment when he saw a communicator running in and said, "Report!" Chief of Staff Sun sent an urgent telegram. ”

Shen Shaofan opened it and gasped in his mouth, his face turned pale all of a sudden, and everyone saw Shen Shaofan's expression and asked, "What happened?" ”

Shen Shaofan said: "Sun Zhiyu's pre-cadre column encountered the Dongchen Sasaki Division on the way to Mianyang Pass, and the two sides fought in the area of Baifengling, and now they are besieged by the Sasaki Division in the Fengdan Gorge of Baifengling. ”

Zhang Wenshan looked at the sand table and said: "Baifengling is only two hours away from here, and we still have time to send troops to support us." ”

Shen Shaofan said: "I'm not very worried about Sun Zhiyu, I'm more worried about Sasaki's division, they are coming too fast." ”

Zhang Wenshan said: "Let me lead the troops to pick up Sun Zhiyu." ”

Shen Shaofan waved his hand and said, "You just came to Beiguan to rest first." I asked Bailong to take the spy battalion to pick it up. ”

Zhang Wenshan suddenly thought of something and said: "Once Sun Zhiyu receives it, it will definitely be the Sasaki Division, and it will be difficult for the pre-cadre column to get out once he fights with us." And where to put the blockage of the sky, it is difficult to maintain the situation with only one column and three regiments, plus a cavalry battalion and a heavy artillery regiment, and even if the rifle battalion is added, it is a drop in the bucket. I think we need to plan ahead. ”

Shen Shaofan said: "You mean to transfer three regiments of troops from here to Mianyang Pass?" ”

Zhang Wenshantou.

Shen Shaofan thought for a while and said, "No! The Beiguan position has already been deployed, and once it is mobilized, it is bound to be chaotic. Another big battle is about to break out, and the pre-dry column will be exposed to the battlefield if it does not reach the designated place at this time. He immediately said to the correspondent: "Send a report!" Ordered to block the sky and release all the forces that could be mobilized to hold Mianyang Pass for three days, and the reinforcements must arrive after three days. ”

"Yes!"

Mianyang Pass.

The bluestone road leading to the headquarters of Mianyang Pass echoed with the sound of extremely obvious leather shoes, Chen Chen anxiously pushed open the door of the headquarters and saw that Blocking Tianfang was issuing a combat mission, and heard Blocking Tianfang say: "Remember that the outside of Mianyang Pass is covered by the cannon fodder of the Japanese army, and the casualties must be reduced when the Japanese artillery bombardment, once the Japanese army pounces, we must use all the firepower of the position to give great damage." ”

Blocking Tianfang looked back at Chen Chen, and asked a few regiment leaders, "Okay!" Still have questions? ”

The three regiment commanders shook their heads, gave a military salute to the sky and left.

Blocking the sky looked at Chen Chen and asked, "Is it to pre-do the affairs of the column?" ”

Chen Chen said: "There are three Japanese divisions outside Mianyang Pass, and we only have more than 10,000 combat strength, why don't you let us go to the logistics column." ”

Blocking the sky and looked at Chen Chen, smiled, picked up the teapot and took a sip of tea, and said, "Don't joke about it." You are not only nurses and clerks, but you are either girls or powerless literati, so don't make a mess. ”

Chen Chen was a little unconvinced and said: "Now is not the time for these words, I can tell you that I have already started to mobilize the fighters, and many of them have responded very much, and there are already five or six thousand people. ”

When he heard this, his face suddenly changed, and the teapot smashed on the table and said, "Nonsense!" Now is not the time for you to be heroes. To fight a war is to die. Your logistics column is full of talents, and it is the treasure of our national youth division, but it is not used for the smoke of gunpowder. There are real soldiers like us in the war, and what you have to do is to ensure that we do not have to worry about future suffering. ”

"But ......" Chen Chen was bounced back before he finished speaking, "But what?" If the Whampoa Teaching Column under my command can't stop the three divisions of the devils outside Mianyang Pass, then I will be the deputy commander of the Youth Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army. Changde will fight Tiger Ben with 8,000 brothers to block Yokota Yong 0,000 people, today I blocked the sky and let go of more than 10,000 well-equipped brothers in my hand, can't block 100,000 devils? ”

Chen Chen looked at the hard but blocked the sky and said, "Then I will give you the rifle battalion." I formed a reserve of 5,000 people as the second echelon. ”

Blocking Tianfang smiled slightly.

Chen Chen also turned around and left, and when he left, he was still not at ease and said: "If it doesn't work then, call us up!" ”

Blocking Tianfang smiled slightly: "Don't worry!" ”

Looking at the bright moon in the distance, he began to feel a little uneasy, he lit a cigarette and walked to the door and stretched his waist to look into the distance, outside the Mianyang Pass, he could vaguely see the troops busy in the outer trenches, he knew that this was an unprecedented battle, and it would be extremely cruel and ruthless.

It was not only the blocking of the sky that was so anxious but also Sun Zhiyu who was surrounded in Baifengling, the sound of cannons and gunfire was much rarer than just now, but a wave of heat still came to his face. Sun Zhiyu's anxiety is not as comfortable and lyrical as it comes from blocking the sky, it seems to be a lot more heroic and heroic, and then the light of the artillery fire at night, he can see that the temporary trenches are bombarded by the devil's mountain, the dust is flying, and many soldiers are shuttling in the trenches with dirty and bloody faces, he doesn't know how long he can last, but he firmly believes that the National Youth Division will never leave them.