Northern Henan, a small town in Neihuang County.

Sun Dianying's more than 5,000 rabble were stationed here.

Speaking of which, Sun Dianying debuted very early, and he is definitely a veteran of the party-state, but this old boy is not very good at anything other than robbing tombs, and he actually became a bare-pole commander in the end, but after the Kou occupied North China and the 29th Army was defeated, this old boy took the opportunity to gather a lot of routs, and collected a lot of ruffians and bandits to pull up the pole again.

After Neihuang gained a firm foothold, Sun Dianying sent a telegram to the Military Commission, wanting to ask for a number.

At this time, Sun Dianying had already received a reply from the Military Commission, and finally got the number, but this old boy couldn't be happy, because Jiang didn't give him the number of the "Northern Henan Self-Defense Army" he wanted, but gave him the number of the new 9th Division, and put a tight spell on his head, and actually incorporated the new 9th Division into the New Sixth Army.

If the commander of the New Sixth Army asked Sun Dianying to be the commander, it would be fine, but this army commander was still Yue Weihan.

Although Yue Weihan is young, he is from Huangpu, and although his debut time is short, his exploits are unmatched! Even the little devils were cleaned up miserably by him, can such a person be a good stubble? Sun Dianying was very worried that if his troops were really incorporated into the New Sixth Army, they would definitely be swallowed up by Yue Weihan.

Luo Zhenliang, a confidant next to him, obviously saw Sun Dianying's hesitation, and made a plan: "Commander, let's just treat it as if there is no such thing, you are still your commander." ”

"No, it's absolutely not going to work!" Sun Dianying shook his head and said, "Yue Weihan, this kid is young and vigorous, if I jump out and touch his head first, what if he takes me under the knife?" I thought that Shi Yousan, the old boy, would definitely jump out and make trouble, so let him be the villain, and I will wait and see what happens. ”

After saying this, Sun Dianying said again: "Oh yes, you go to the treasury to find two treasures that you can handle, and send one company to Shimen, it will be regarded as a meeting gift." ”

"Baby?" Luo Zhenliang said, "Commander, what do you want?" ”

Sun Dianying gritted his teeth and said with some pain: "Isn't there still one jade watermelon left in the Qing Dongling Tomb?" Pick a bigger night pearl, forget it, just that one, the one that came out of the mouth of the old witch Cixi, and then find a jewelry craftsman with good craftsmanship, make two more exquisite gift boxes, and quickly put them on for people to send. ”

"Yes." Luo Zhenliang bowed down and responded, "Let's do it, let's go." ”

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Almost at the same time, a press conference was also held in Wuhan.

Reporters from dozens of domestic news agencies and newspapers, reporters from the four major Western news agencies, and diplomatic envoys from various countries in Wuhan gathered together to await Chairman Chiang's arrival.

It's no wonder that the news of Baoshan Brigade's recovery of Shimen and Zhengding is too shocking.

Although Shimen City cannot be compared with big cities such as Beiping and Tianjin, it is also one of the few cities in North China, especially the Zhengtai Railway and the Pinghan Railway intersect here, and its strategic position is more prominent.

Shimen and Zhengding are strategic points guarded by heavy troops, so how easy is it to recover?

"No, it's impossible!" A British devil shook his head again and again and said, "The main force of the Baoshan Brigade has been wiped out in Xuzhou, and now there are at most three or five hundred remnants left, how can it be possible to recover Shimen City and Zhengding County?" There are enough brigades of the two reading forces stationed there! ”

"Hush." A Chinese reporter said coldly, "What's impossible about this? ”

"Yes." Another Chinese reporter said, "Let me tell you the truth, the Baoshan Brigade has not lost many people in Xuzhou, and as for the two brigades stationed in Shimen and Zhengding, the Baoshan Brigade has been completely annihilated." ”

"I'll correct it." Another Chinese reporter said, "Now it's not the Baoshan Brigade, it's the Baoshan Division!" ”

The robbery of the three Chinese reporters frightened the British devil into a daze, and he didn't dare to express his opinion easily at the moment.

At this moment, Chairman Jiang had already strode in accompanied by General He, and all the Chinese in the press conference hall immediately stood up and spontaneously applauded one by one, making those foreigners very wise, but they really could not understand the mood of all Chinese at this moment.

Committee member Jiang strode up to the rostrum and waved his hand again and again, and the hall gradually quieted down.

Clearing his throat, Chairman Jiang said into the microphone excitedly: "Today, I bring you an exciting good news, our heroic unit 'Baoshan Brigade' has been fighting for five days and nights in southern Hebei, and has completely annihilated the 8th Brigade and the 4th Brigade of the Reading Force, and recovered Shimen City and Zhengding County!" ”

The hall suddenly burst into warm applause again, and many female reporters even cried softly!

After a little applause, Chairman Jiang continued: "Everyone may be confused, didn't the Baoshan Brigade have already suffered heavy losses when it broke through in Xuzhou? How could it be possible to annihilate the two major brigades of the Yue Army in a row and recover Shimen and Zhengding? Speaking of this, Chairman Jiang deliberately paused and said, "Actually, this is a huge and well-thought-out plan!" ”

Chairman Jiang is quite good at putting gold on his face, thinking that when Yue Weihan broke through from Xuzhou with the Baoshan Brigade, Chairman Jiang scolded Niang Xipi for three whole days, if it weren't for the fact that Yue Weihan was far away on the battlefield behind enemy lines, he would have been relieved of his military power by Chairman Jiang and imprisoned at that time.

As soon as the words fell, the reporter of the Central News Agency asked very cooperatively: "Mr. Jiang, I am Li Wenzhao, a special correspondent of the Central News Agency. ”

"If it was before today, then this plan would never have been revealed." Chairman Jiang waved his hand, and then changed his words and continued, "But now, the whole plan has been a great success, so it no longer has any secret surname, so I will briefly tell you about it." ”

After saying this, Chairman Jiang said: "In fact, the whole plan began to be deployed from the time of the retreat from Xuzhou, Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Group Army, Yu Xuezhong's 3rd Group Army advanced into the Luzhong Mountains and the Sulu border respectively, and the Baoshan Brigade broke through from Xuzhou and secretly advanced into southern Hebei, coupled with the previous major counteroffensive and the active contraction a few days ago, all of which were part of the whole plan. ”

Li Wenzhao asked again cooperatively: "So a few days ago, the rout on the battlefield in Henan was not a real rout, but just to confuse Yukou and the enemy to go deeper?" ”

"Of course, this is just to confuse Yukou."

Chairman Chiang replied without blushing or beating his heart, and the solid qualities of an outstanding statesman were fully revealed.

After organizing his words again, Chairman Jiang quickly continued: "Now, Yue Weihan, Sun Lianzhong, and Yu Xuezhong's subordinates have successfully cut off the three major strategic communication lines of the Pinghan Line, the Jinpu Line, and the Longhai Line, and the army on the Henan battlefield is about to fall into the predicament of running out of ammunition and food!" The real counteroffensive is coming! ”

In the end, Chairman Jiang also shook his fist with all his might!

However, Chairman Chiang's tone was quite sonorous, and after this speech appeared on the radio and in the newspapers, it did arouse tremendous repercussions, and the phenomenon of the rout and flight of the front-line units came to an abrupt end, the increasingly fierce storm of fleeing in Jingchu and Sanxiang disappeared, and the domestic situation, which was already in decline, was also shaken up.

Internationally, the news also caused an uproar.

In particular, the annihilation of the 8th Brigade and the 4th Brigade of the Reading Force was annihilated one after another, which made the Army lose face in the international community, and because the Army had already joined the Axis organization, Britain, France, and other countries that had tense relations with Germany also began to sneer at the Army, and the Imperial Family, the Political Axe, and the base camp of the Army were hit hard.

But this knot is all for later, so I won't mention it for the time being.

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Zhengzhou, the front-line command post of the army.

At the same time that Chairman Chiang was holding a news conference in Wuhan, General Toshiroku Hata, commander of the Central China Front Army, had already flown to Zhengzhou and was convening an emergency operational meeting with the principal generals of the front army.

Most of what Chairman Chiang said at the press conference was nonsense, and he was putting gold on his face, but there was one sentence that he said was the truth, Yue Weihan, Sun Lianzhong, and Yu Xuezhong had indeed cut off the Pinghan line, the Jinpu line, and the Longhai line at this time, and the heavy army group gathered on the battlefield in Henan was indeed facing a major threat!

If the Chinese army is unable to respond quickly and reverse the situation, it is indeed possible that the heavy army group in the Henan battlefield will fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food, and the situation will really evolve to that point, and there will be every chance to turn into a counteroffensive and defeat the main force of the Japanese army, and it is even possible to completely annihilate more than a dozen field divisions and regiments of the Chinese army.

Of course, this is only the worst-case scenario, and the chances of it happening are slim to none.

You must know that the Henan battlefield has gathered nearly 20 divisions of the army, and if the army retreats now, [***] will definitely not be able to keep them.

Of course, the army will never take the initiative to retreat now.

At this moment, the four major armed groups in the Henan battlefield are facing two choices.

The first option is to transfer heavy troops back to southern Hebei and reopen the Pinghan line, but Xue Yue's corps is likely to take the opportunity to break through, and the main force of [***] in the southern Henan battlefield is also very likely to take the opportunity to regain its foothold, so that it will be difficult for the army to break through the [***] defense line again, and the battle of Wuhan is likely to fall into a stalemate.

The second option is to transfer one or two divisions to the north and cooperate with the 20th Division to open up the Pinghan Line.

(To be continued)