Considering the next counterattack on all fronts, the 71st Army had to undertake the main attack mission. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In the face of Song Xilian's telegram of inquiry, Li Zongren finally replied to the news that the 10th Division had been completely annihilated in the form of a secret telegram.

As the army commander, Song Xilian naturally paid attention to the movements of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army coming in from the direction of Huaibin. It's just that according to what he knows, there are not many troops deployed there in the Fifth Theater, and it is difficult to stop the 10th Division.

It is precisely in this way that the 51st Army, which retreated to the rear to rest, has been defending in the Gushi direction. The purpose is to ensure the security of the flanks of the 71st Army, and also to act as a support force for the 71st Army.

But now Li Zongren suddenly told him that the 10th Division, which entered from Funan, was completely wiped out in one night. Even after the annihilation of the 10th Division, the Japanese did not even notice this situation at all.

This had to surprise him, and even start to feel a little frightened!

'It's unbelievable, how did they do it?' ’

In the face of the news sent by Li Zongren, Song Xilian, who really wanted to compete with the Eighth Route Army here, was indeed difficult to accept such a fact. But he also understood that Li Zongren didn't dare to fool him in this kind of matter.

Even seeing the telegram sent by Li Zongren, Song Xilian understood why Li Zongren made the decision to counterattack on all fronts. Without the threat of the 10th Division, they only needed to deal with one and a half Japanese divisions, and they did have a lot of chances of winning.

What's more, at this moment, the distance between the 16th Division and the 13th Division is also very far. Even from time to time, there are heavy troops of the Japanese army to ensure their material passage. But at this distance, there is still room to drill.

The most fatal thing was that the Japanese army did not know the news of the annihilation of the 10th Division at this moment. Even, He Zhengdao's department, which had just surrounded and annihilated the 10th Division, now had lurked to the flank of the 16th Division.

Once they attacked, it was believed that the Japanese army would be taken by surprise. When the time comes, the 71st Army will launch a counterattack, which will also make the little devils fall by surprise, and finally have to choose to retreat, or even hold on.

But judging from the current situation, if the little devil does not want the 16th Division to be completely annihilated, he can only retreat to Anhui as a choice. In this way, it is equivalent to the Japanese army's offensive during this period of time, and all of them are declared invalid.

'Command the troops, cheer me up today, and the artillery units directly under the army must also be prepared for all-out artillery bombardment. In addition, I will send someone to guard the telegraph room, and if an order from the war zone comes, I will be handed over to it as soon as possible. ’

'Yes, Throne! ’

As a descendant unit of the Central Army, the 71st Army is naturally also directly under the artillery. It's just that their artillery, compared to the heavy artillery of the 16th Division, is still somewhat inadequate. But this does not mean that these artillery pieces are ineffective.

In the past two days, the little devils have been tentatively attacking, and Song Xilian has covered the artillery regiment without moving. There was only one purpose, to save the artillery regiment for use at the most critical juncture. Now it seems that this step is still the right one!

When the 71st Army was preparing for a full-scale counterattack, the plane that had received the order to drop a radio station to the 'Japanese army' in Huaibin had also taken off. Not long after taking off, the Japanese Second Army received a top-secret telegram from the Special High School.

Looking at the intelligence officer who rushed into the headquarters, Minoru Higashikure said with a little dissatisfaction: "What's wrong?" ”

'General, please forgive me, the military situation is urgent! I have just received a message from the intelligence station of the Huaibin Special High School that the Japanese troops now stationed in Huaibin are simply impersonated by the Huaibin garrison brigade. Our 10th Division was surrounded and annihilated the night before. ’

'Na! That's impossible! ’

As soon as he heard this, Minoru Higashikuri suddenly got up and said this with an angry face. Receiving the telegram handed by the intelligence officer, Minoru Higashikuri said with a solemn expression: "Can the news be confirmed?" ”

'General, it's been confirmed! This is the news that this is the intelligence station we set up in Funan, and the intelligence agents sent back risked their lives. Many of the intelligence officers we sent from Funan to Huaibin were arrested by them.

According to the information transmitted back from the intelligence station, it was the 67th Army of the Eighth Route Army that attacked our 10th Division. The troops in Huangchuan at this moment are not the main force of the 67th Army at all, there is only one regiment there! ’

'Yaga! The Eighth Route Army is too deceitful! ’

Minoru Higashiku, who felt a burst of anger in his heart, knew very well how fatal the danger of the 10th Division being surrounded and annihilated would be to the entire battle situation. You know, there are really not many troops in his hands that can come in handy.

At this time, the intelligence officer continued: "General, there is another very important situation now, that is, the 39th Infantry Wing that is advancing towards our rear at this moment should also be impersonated by the Eighth Route Army. We were fooled!

If nothing else, the main force of the Eighth Route Army reported from Huaibin City should be not far from the 16th Division at this moment. If we don't think about it, the 16th Division may face the danger of being attacked from three sides. ”

The intelligence officer, who quickly said this, soon saw Minoru Higashiku rushing to the side of the map, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth: "Yaga, I see!" They want to encircle and annihilate our 16th Division, Bagaya Road! ”

After scolding these words, Minoru Higashikure thought that he didn't have many troops in his hands at the moment. Unable to send reinforcements to support the 16th Division, they could only choose to temporarily avoid the front. The top priority at the moment is to make every effort to ensure that the 16th Division is not damaged.

Thinking of this, Minoru Higashikure immediately said: "Send a telegram to the 16th Division, order them to retreat on all fronts, withdraw the troops to Anhui first, and converge with the main force as quickly as possible." At the same time, the 13th Division was ordered to advance to support.

Then send a telegram to the air force units, hoping that they will send bomber formations to provide air support and ensure the smooth retreat of our troops from the front line. If nothing else, they should be encircling our troops at this time. ”

Just as Minoru Higashikure was making this order, a telegraph operator hurriedly walked in and said, "General, there is an urgent telegram from the front!" ”

Looking at the telegram handed by the telegraph operator, Minoru Higashikuri really said in his heart: "Yaga! It seems that my judgment is correct, they have already issued operational preparations for a counterattack on all fronts. Quick, order the 16th Division to withdraw as quickly as possible! ”

'Yes, General! ’

When the 16th Division received a telegram from the military headquarters, ordering them to retreat as quickly as possible, it was somewhat surprised. After all, they had just sent an infantry wing to the front and were ready to continue the assault on Fujin Mountain.

But suddenly, the military headquarters called and ordered them to retreat. This kind of command somewhat confused the 16th Division. Fortunately, several telegrams of inquiry were sent, and the 16th Division quickly understood that their situation was dire!

'Na! The 10th Division was completely annihilated! How is this possible? ’

Feeling that this news was too shocking, the 16th Division quickly issued an order to retreat on all fronts. The first thing to move was the heavy artillery wing of the Japanese army, which began to dismantle the artillery and prepare to pull it away by car.

Naturally, this situation could not escape the surveillance of the reconnaissance detachment. Originally, I wanted to find an opportunity to eliminate the reconnaissance detachment of this artillery position and immediately report the situation. And this information also quickly reached He Zhengdao.

It was learned that the artillery of the Japanese 16th Division had begun to move, although there were no obvious signs that they were going to retreat. But He Zhengdao still said very firmly: "Not good! The news has leaked, and it seems that the little devil is going to run! ”

Could it be that they chose another artillery position?' ’

As the chief of staff, Luo Ruiqing somewhat felt that judging the little devil to withdraw just because of the movement of an artillery position still seemed a little too arbitrary. But he also knows that the little devil's intelligence detection ability is still very strong.

Since the little devils had the ambition of swallowing elephants, the number of spies they sent to China was staggering. Prior to this, the Nationalist Government had always had bilateral contacts with the Japanese side, and many military and political departments had their hidden spies.

Compared with the Eighth Route Army, it was suddenly stationed in northern Shaanxi, and after it was stationed, it strictly controlled unknown personnel, focusing on cracking down on eyeliner and spy organizations sent by all parties. It is extremely difficult for the little devil to spy on the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army.

On the side of the Nationalist Government, many of the central army have the eyes and ears of little devils. In recent years, for some people, they really have no shame for their own interests, and they are willing to work hard for the little devils to pass on information in exchange for benefits.

It was precisely because he knew that this situation existed, and after He Zhengdao arrived in Xinyang, he had very little contact with other central armies. Even the contact with Li Zongren was a secret line contact, the purpose of which was to worry about leaking the news in advance.

Although He Zhengdao is not clear, the little devil learned the news from there. But he knew that at this time, Li Zongren should have given an order to all participating troops to prepare a counterattack on the whole front.

This means that the little devil is likely to have intercepted this information. It is also very possible to make preparations for retreat. In addition, their secret march cannot really be foolproof!

Thinking of this, He Zhengdao immediately said: "Chief of Staff, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens." At this time, we can't leave anything to chance! Anyway, we have a lot of troops now, and it doesn't hurt if the little devils know.

The most important thing right now is to launch a surprise attack immediately. Only in this way can the little devil's plan to retreat be interrupted. As long as we disrupt their rhythm, we will have the opportunity to kill and injure a large number of their troops.

Send a telegram to Li Zongren so that he can launch a counterattack in advance. If they don't believe it, they can ask the 71st Army to send a reconnaissance unit to reconnoiter the movements of the little devils. Not surprisingly, the little devil must be preparing to retreat! ”

'Okay, I'm going to send a telegram!' ’

When this telegram was sent to Li Zongren's headquarters, it was seen that the little devils might have known the order for them to counterattack on all fronts and were preparing to retreat. And the 13th Division of the Japanese Army has also made some moves.

Li Zongren, who received this telegram, also said a little angrily: "Raised by a dog*mother, why did this news leak so quickly?" ”

Even if Li Zongren knows that in some units of the Central Army, there are eyeliners arranged by little devils. But he also found it hard to believe that the telegram that had just been sent for less than two hours had already alarmed the little devils.

This shows that someone sold the news to the little devil after receiving the telegram. Thinking of this, Li Zongren couldn't be angry even if he wanted to! (To be continued.) )