"Nonsense!" General Sun Lianzhong said angrily, "This is an order, it must be executed!" ”

"Headquarters!" Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, protested, "Since the ninth year of the Republic of China, I have followed you, and I have never disobeyed your orders for more than 20 years, but this time, I have to disobey the order once, you just said that if you break the sky, we will not break through, and we will die with the head seat!" ”

"Disobey the order, there will be no mercy!" As he spoke, General Sun Lianzhong pulled out his Browning pistol.

"Boss, you have to do it, just do it!" Chi Fengcheng stiffened his neck and did not flinch.

"Don't you dare?" General Sun Lianzhong clicked on the bolt, and immediately raised his gun and aimed at Chi Fengcheng's forehead.

"Boss, you're going to kill us too!" Seeing this, Feng Anbang, Huang Qisong and others immediately knelt down in front of Sun Lianzhong.

"That's fine." General Sun Lianzhong put away his pistol at the moment and said miserably, "Then let's die!" ”

After that, General Sun Lianzhong said to Feng Anbang again: "Chief of Staff, immediately call back to Commander-in-Chief Yue of the 39th Group Army, we are party members, it is our duty to obey orders, all the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Group Army are determined to live and die together with the Yimeng Mountains, we have nothing else to ask for, only ask the 39th Group Army to kill a few more devils on the battlefield and avenge us!" ”

"Yes!" Feng Anbang snapped to the ground, then turned around and hurriedly walked into the telecommunications room next door.

Sun Lianzhong turned back to Huang Qisong and the others: "Order the troops, return to Yishan overnight!" ”

………… Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

The Baoshan Division, the 181st Division, the New 6th Division, the New 9th Division, and the New 39th Division are assembling overnight!

There are 100,000 heavy troops of the North China Front Army stationed outside the Tumen Fortress, and it is not a wise decision to take the initiative to attack at this time, but in this world, some things must be done, just like this time, in order to meet the breakthrough of the 2nd Group Army, the 39th Group Army must take the initiative to attack, even if it pays a heavy price for it, it is not at the expense.

Again, there are some things that cannot be simply measured by the pros and cons of gains and losses.

Yue Weihan also knew very well in his heart that the 39th Group Army would inevitably be damaged in this sortie, but as long as the remnants of the 2nd Group Army could be rescued, it would be a huge encouragement for the whole people, a huge incentive for the whole nation's War of Resistance, and a huge victory for the 39th Group Army!

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Colonel Liu Xin hurriedly walked into the war room: "General seat, Chief Sun is calling, the 2nd Group Army has returned to Yishan!" ”

"What, back to Yishan!?" Liu Yi changed color.

Yue Weihan let out a long sigh and said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, cancel the order......

The 2nd Group Army's return to Yishan shows that Sun Lianzhong has decided to coexist with the Yimeng Mountains, and at this time, it is meaningless for the 39th Group Army to dig the gate fortress to the east.

………… Jinan, the headquarters of the Second Army in Shandong.

Moritake Tanabe has officially succeeded Nishio Toshizo as commander of the Second Army.

The head of the army's special service in Jinan, Ishimura Dazuo, strode into the war room of the headquarters, and immediately retracted his feet and said uprightly: "Your Excellency, commander, I have just received news that the 2nd Group Army of China has given up attacking Qingdao and retreated west overnight. ”

"Retreat to Yishan?" Moritake Tanabe immediately walked to the edge of the simulated sand table.

The chief of staff, Kitajima Daisa, and more than a dozen senior staff officers also surrounded him, and Kitajima Daisa picked up a ruler and measured the sand table, and said to Tanabe Moritake: "Qingdao is about 150 kilometers away from Yishan in a straight line, and the Chinese army is taking a small road, and with their usual marching speed, they should be able to return to Yishan before noon tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow at noon?" Tanabe Moritake groaned, "I'm afraid it's too late for an ambush halfway." ”

"Hello." Kitajima Dazuo bowed his head abruptly and said, "Your Excellency Commander, the road conditions in the mountainous area of Luzhong are not conducive to the mobility of the mechanized troops of the imperial army, but conducive to the march of the infantry of China on foot, so it is almost impossible to ambush them halfway before the Chinese army returns to Yishan. ”

"Hmm." Tanabe Moritake nodded, and said in a solemn tone, "Since it is no longer possible to ambush halfway, then order all divisions and brigades to implement an iron-clad encirclement of the Yishan Mountains according to the original plan, and after the encirclement is formed, they will advance step by step, and finally gather and annihilate the 2nd Group Army in the corner of Yishan!" ”

"Hello." Kitajima Osa bowed his head suddenly, and immediately went with his saber on his shoulder.

………… March 5, the thirtieth year of the Republic of China (1941).

The 24th Division, the 25th Division, the 26th Division, the 5th Brigade and the 6th Brigade of the Reading Power Mixed Army, and the 6th Brigade of the Pseudo-North China Autonomous Army under the jurisdiction of the Second Army completed the encirclement of the Yishan Mountains.

On March 6, the puppet army began to steadily advance into the hinterland of Yishan, but met with stubborn resistance from the 2nd Group Army.

………… Baizhang Cliff, the position of the 31st Division.

Baizhang Cliff is the only way to enter the hinterland of Yishan in the west, and the 31st Division was ordered to be stationed here.

From 8 March to 10 March, the 25th Division of the Yue Army and the 5th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade arrived one after another and launched more than a dozen attacks on Baizhang Cliff.

At the main peak of Baizhang Cliff, the headquarters of the 31st Division, the urgent telephone rang suddenly.

Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, took the phone and said loudly: "183 regiment? Fall back? ”

"Listen to Lao Tzu, don't retreat, whoever withdraws will kill whoever leaves! What the? Too many casualties in the troops? ”

"No matter how big the casualties are, you have to resist Lao Tzu, the front-line troops are exhausted, you will take the regimental guards, cooks, and horsemen to go up, your 183 regiment is exhausted, and I Chifengcheng will take the division guards, cooking squads, communicators and horsemen to the top, without fighting to the last soldier, our 31st Division will never retreat half a step!"

After saying that, Master Chi immediately put down the phone heavily, turned his head and shouted: "Guard, bring my saber!" ”

Immediately, an attendant came to Master Chi with a cold and shining horse chopping knife, Master Chi reached out to take the saber, and stretched out his right thumb to gently sweep over the blade, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely solemn, as if he was remembering some past, but soon, Master Chi retracted his mind and strode out of the division headquarters.

………… On March 12, Baizhang Cliff was lost.

At the last moment, the commander of the 31st Division, Chi Fengcheng, led the division guards, grooms, cooks, and communicators to launch a tragic white-knuckle battle with the army, and the commander of the Chi Division split 16 devil soldiers in a row, and finally exhausted himself, and was picked open in the abdomen by a bayonet of a soldier Cao Yi, and died heroically at the age of 38.

………… Yishan Fayun Temple, headquarters of the 2nd Army.

Chief of Staff Feng Anbang walked into the war room with heavy steps, and said miserably: "The general seat, Baizhang Cliff has been lost, and the commander of the Chi Division and all the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division have all been killed!" ”

"Got it." General Sun Lianzhong's expression was indifferent.

At this point, the only three remaining main divisions of the 2nd Group Army and the 44th Brigade of Reading Force have all been exhausted, Huang Qiaosong, Zhang Huatang, Chi Fengcheng, and Wu Pengju...... A string of blood-dripping names, a vivid face, passed through General Sun Lianzhong's mind one by one, they did not insult the identity of soldiers, they deserve to be [***] people!

The 2nd Army did not have a single seed, and it was both death and death on the battlefield!

Suddenly, a faint gunfire rang out outside the headquarters, and the devil's forward troops finally arrived.

Immediately followed by the screaming of shells across the sky, followed by a deafening huge explosion, Fayun Temple, a thousand-year-old temple that had always been in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was shrouded in gunpowder smoke in an instant, and Chief of Staff Feng Anbang immediately turned around and walked out of the war room, leading the division guards, grooms, cooks and communicators to make the final desperate resistance.

Four hours later, more than a dozen female operators at the headquarters were also killed, and the entire 2nd Army was left with General Sun Lianzhong alone, and when the army rushed into the war room with a bayonet, General Sun sat on his chair for a long time, smoking as if he had nothing to do, and the army was afraid of General Sun's composure and did not dare to shoot.

Five minutes later, a military officer hurriedly walked into the war room with a saber on his shoulder.

"Your ......," asked the army commander in stiff Chinese, "the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Sun Lianzhong?" ”

General Sun smiled slightly, and Chong Yue Jun Dazuo raised the remaining half of a pack of cigarettes, and asked, "Little devil, come to one?" ”

"Mine, don't smoke cigarettes." He waved his hand very solemnly and asked again, "Yours, please answer me." ”

"Don't smoke? It's a pity. General Sun shook his head, put down the remaining half pack of cigarettes in his hand, and then threw the cigarette butt between the two fingers of his right hand very casually to the ground.

The gunpowder belt was burning and quickly stretched towards the corner of the wall, where a large number of wooden crates were stacked!

"Baga Yalu ......" Jun Dazuo suddenly gasped, turned around and was about to run outside the door of the war room.

"Haha." General Sun immediately laughed and said, "I just want to run now, it's too late, let's go on the road with your grandfather Sun......

Before General Sun finished speaking, the gunpowder belt had burned out, and dozens of boxes of explosives piled up in the corner of the wall were detonated in an instant, only to hear a loud rumbling sound, the war room and dozens of nearby houses were leveled in an instant, and the mushroom cloud produced by the explosion rose dozens of meters high, and it was clearly visible dozens of miles away...... As for the army Dazuo and dozens of devil soldiers, all of them became General Sun's funeral!

At four o'clock in the afternoon of March 12, the thirtieth year of the Republic of China (1941), the army occupied Baiyun Temple in Yishan, the 2nd Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army was annihilated, and General Sun Lianzhong, the commander-in-chief, was martyred at the age of 49!

………… Yucheng, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

Chief He walked into Chairman Chiang's study with a telegram in his hand.

Chairman Jiang, who was reviewing the official documents, raised his head when he heard this, and when he saw that it was Chief He, he immediately smiled and said, "Respectfully, you are here?" ”

Chief He stood upright, and then said with a gloomy expression: "Commission, Yishan has been lost, the 2nd Group Army has been destroyed, and Sun Fanglu has also been martyred, this is the farewell message he sent five minutes ago. ”

"What? Sun Fanglu was martyred!? Hearing this, Chairman Jiang stood up.

"The ammunition is exhausted, the food is gone, there are no people, Kou Zhi, he works in the headquarters to put 500 catties of explosives, and he is determined to break the ...... with Kou Gong" received the telegram from the hands of Chief He, Chairman Jiang read it, and couldn't help but cry like rain, and immediately put down the telegram and walked to the desk, splashing ink and writing hard: Yishan is sad, Qilu is whimpering, the country has lost its pillars, and I have lost my shares! What a pain!

After writing and throwing his pen, Chairman Jiang wiped his tears and said to General He: "Respectfully, the Military Commission immediately sent a telegram of condolence to posthumously compensate Sun Fanglu as a first-class general of the army, awarded the National Glory Medal, and the Blue Sky and White Medal, and set up a public mourning hall in the central square of the major cities in the Guotong Region to accept the ......condolences of all the people."

"Yes." Chief He stood up and took the order.

………… Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

Yue Weihan was dividing several division commanders and brigade commanders into defense areas in the war room.

Although the army's sweep of the Luzhong Mountains has not yet ended, the result is already obvious, facing the encirclement and suppression of more than ten times the heavy troops of the Yue army, and the 2nd Army has no strong fortresses to rely on, and the destruction of the whole army is only a matter of time, and the only suspense is how many days it can hold out.

After sweeping the mountainous area of Luzhong, the army will never stop there.

Next, Okamura Ningji, the old devil, will definitely sweep Taihang Mountain!

In order to deal with the upcoming sweep of the army, the 39th Group Army must take precautions and prepare for war in advance!

The good news is that by early March, the entire 39th Army, with the exception of the artillery brigade, had all been reequipped.

However, even if the 39th Group Army has changed its equipment, it still has only five divisions and three brigades, with a total strength of only 120,000 people, and even with the Eighth Route Army, there are only more than 200,000 people, compared with Okamura Ningji's 450,000 troops and more than 500,000 puppet North China Autonomous Army, the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army are still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength!

This is also a helpless thing, although Yue Weihan is a traverser, it is impossible to conjure up hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air, let alone conjure up weapons and equipment to arm hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air, in the final analysis, Cangyan Mountain, a small industrial area, is simply impossible to compete with the huge industrial system, and the two are not on the same level at all.

Before the defense area was demarcated, Colonel Liu Xin, the chief of communications, walked into the war room with a solemn expression.

"The main seat." Colonel Liu Xin immediately saluted, and then said gloomily, "General Sun Lianzhong sent a farewell telegram to the Military Commission five minutes ago, the 2nd Group Army ...... The army has been destroyed. ”

"Huh?"

"What?"

"The whole army is destroyed?"

Chi Chengfeng, Cao Xinglong and other senior generals all changed color when they heard this.

Yue Weihan was stunned for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said: "The 2nd Group Army is finished, but our 39th Group Army is still there, Taihang Mountain...... It's the grave of the little devil! ”

(To be continued)