Chapter 878: Operation Thunderstorm

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Lao Jiang used him, if he couldn't fight a beautiful battle in eastern Henan, it would inevitably affect his next appointment.

There is no such thing as a victorious general, but no one wants to be a defeated general.

Xue Boling didn't want to go back like this.

"Lao Wu, draft a telegram, send a telegram to the chairman's chamber, urgent, top secret!" Xue Boling is not the kind of indecisive person, after a brief thought, he immediately made up his mind.

If the war drags on like this, it will not be a problem, and it must be decided immediately, and changes will make sense, and the general will be beneficial, and the same is true in military affairs.

"Chief Xue, it's decided?" Wu Xiqi thought that Xue Boling couldn't afford to pass the hurdle in his heart.

"If you don't wait for me, can't I Xue someone tell the difference?"

"Yes, Chief Xue, you are high-spirited and bright......" Wu Xiqi smiled, and secretly lost a bite on his mouth, with his relationship with Xue Boling, such a joke was still made.

"Don't go yet!" Xue Boling glared at Wu Xiqi angrily.

"Okay, I'll go, I'll go......" Wu Xiqi knew that Xue Boling couldn't let out his anger, so he could only hold it in his stomach, uncomfortable.

"Has the new 38th Division arrived in Yucheng?"

"Yes, this is also Li Ye's second purpose for coming to see Chief Xue." Li Ye nodded neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Say!"

"Let the temporary 35th Division keep secrets, don't let them know the number of the new 38th Division, and order a quick release in Yucheng." Li Ye said.

"How can I keep it a secret?" Xue Boling asked.

"As long as the temporary 35th Division does not know that it is the new 38th Division crossing the border, everything else is easy to say." Li Ye explained.

"This is not difficult, I will call Commander Wang of the 35th Division and explain, there will be no problem." Xue Boling nodded.

"In this way, there will be no problem." Li Ye said.

"Li Ye, go back and tell you Commander Leng, just say that this time I, Xue Boling, owe him an adult to ask, and I will definitely pay him back when I have the opportunity." Xue Boling said solemnly to Li Ye.

"Chief Xue's words, Li Ye must bring it." LI Yeshuang. With their legs together and a military salute, they quickly left the forward headquarters of the First Corps in eastern Henan.

Looking at Li Ye's confident steps, Xue Boling felt a pain in his head. Who are the people who are taught, the subordinates are like this, not to mention the boss.

Lao Jiang had just taken sleeping pills and was about to go to bed, when Lin Wei suddenly knocked on the door and broke in, few of his subordinates had such treatment, and Lin Wei, the director of the chamberlain, still had this qualification.

"Sir, Xue Boling is in a hurry!"

Lao Jiang sat up from the bed, the early summer in Wuhan was already very hot, Lao Jiang was only wearing a silk pajamas, and he didn't look very good.

After returning from Zhengzhou, he has been holding meetings in the past few days to study the war situation in eastern Henan, and once the situation gets out of control, the Nationalist Government must come up with a practical and effective plan.

But so far, it's still the same as before, and there's nothing new.

Of course, these have been discussed repeatedly, so what else can there be new?

Lao Jiang read the telegram and immediately got out of bed, such a big action, and it was an extremely risky action, so far, the national army has taken the road of active defense, and has rarely taken the initiative to attack, not because he does not want to attack, but because his strength is not good, this is a hard injury, and there is no way to change it for a while.

Lao Jiang knew Xue Boling, this plan was like his handiwork, if he was a commander who followed the rules, there were many generals of this kind in the national army, and he couldn't make a mistake of a Cantonese general who had opposed him.

He took a fancy to Xue Boling's unique ability and courage.

"Sir, the new 38th Division has just recaptured Caozhou, annihilated more than 3,000 people of the Toshima detachment of the Dohihara Division, and killed the detachment leader, Major General Toshima Fangtaro."

"Well, I know, how are their casualties?"

"It is said that the casualties are not large, only more than a thousand people."

"So, they can at least draw nearly 10,000 people to participate in this operation?" Lao Jiang's eyes lit up, as long as the front line won a big victory, his exploits could not be escaped.

"Yes, in addition, Xue Boling also plans to remove two heavy artillery battalions of the New First Army and some tanks and armored vehicles before adding a surprise attack, striving to defeat the enemy's 106th Division at one time!" Lin Wei was also excited, if this plan could be successfully completed, the unfavorable battle situation in eastern Henan would be greatly changed.

In this way, Chairman Jiang can also breathe a little sigh of relief.

Lao Jiang nodded, Lin Wei was right, if the plan was successful, even if it could not completely turn the tide of the war, it would be of great benefit to the national army.

"You make a phone call, call Chief He, Jiansheng, and Wen Bai, a few of them over, and we will discuss." Old Jiang Dao, "Call back to Xue Boling and ask him to prepare first and wait for my order." ”

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Lin Wei knew in his heart that Lao Jiang had already made a decision, but with such a big action, he couldn't act arbitrarily, and he also needed someone to help him analyze and share the burden.

Lao Jiang called people over in the middle of the night, everyone didn't dare to have any complaints, at this time, there was a little thing on the front line, they all had to get up from the bed to deal with it, and they were called to get up in the middle of the night, which was a common thing.

"Xue Boling's plan is feasible, it is more risky, northern Anhui is not as good as eastern Henan and western Luxi, the mountain road is not easy to walk, it is the rainy season, once it rains, it will be troublesome."

"What Chief He said makes sense, in case of failure, the consequences are unimaginable, I think it is safer."

"I don't advocate taking risks, the new 38th Division is the elite of the national army, the battlefield in eastern Henan, we can only take this one army, the new first army is in northern Henan, and far water can't save the near fire!"

"How can there be no risk in fighting, I support Xue Boling's plan, the little devil can attack us for a long time, why can't we rely on the scoop?"

"Even if the 106th Division of the Japanese Army does not return to Germany, as long as he stops everything on the Longhai Line, we can't take care of each other, I think this risk is worth taking!"

"Other troops, I'm still a little worried, but this time it's the new 38 is and the mechanized detachment of the new First Army that will carry out the mission, so the chance of success will increase exponentially?"

Everyone, you look at you, I say a word, and those who support and those who don't support risk are almost half of the opinions.

Lao Jiang saw Bai Jiansheng sitting on the sofa under him, without saying a word, from the moment he came in, he seemed to have said hello to him, and he didn't speak again.

"Jiansheng, what do you think?"

"Chairman of the Committee, I think that since Xue Boling formulated this plan, he formulated such a risky plan, presumably with his considerations, we should fully trust the commanders on the front line, they know the enemy situation best, and they can also make a corresponding response plan." Bai Jiansheng said slowly.

"Does Jiansheng mean to support Xue Boling's plan?" He Jingzhi asked.

"If we can succeed, it will naturally be a good thing, even if we fail, it will not be worse than the current situation, we have reached this point, can the Longhai line still be held?" Bai Jiansheng asked rhetorically.

There was silence in the room, and Bai Jiansheng obviously said what he didn't say.

Yes, no matter what the final battle situation is, the Longhai line cannot be defended, and even eastern Henan cannot be defended, but the Pinghan line cannot be lost, let alone allow the Japanese army to occupy western Henan and threaten Shaanxi.

Shaanxi is concerned with the security of the rear of Sichuan, so it is necessary to stop the Japanese army east of the Pinghan line, at least not to allow them to cross the Pinghan line.

Defend Wuhan!

That's one of the hottest slogans of the moment.

"Wei Wen, send a telegram to Xue Boling, agreeing that he will carry out this plan, defeat the Japanese 106th Division as quickly as possible, and annihilate the remnants of the encircled Japanese army to the Tufeiyuan Division, time, five days, if the enemy's 106th Division can be defeated, the Military Affairs Department will reward 100,000 legal currency, annihilate the remnants of the Tufeiyuan Division, reward 200,000 legal currency, capture or kill Tufeiyuan Xian, and reward 50,000 legal currency!" Old Jiang ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

Xue Boling's side was already ready, and Li Ye's troops were also assembled, so they waited for Xue Boling's order.

As time passed, Xue Boling wanted to give a direct order several times, but then he held back, obviously very conflicted and anxious in his heart.

He is a soldier, and a soldier must obey orders and obey commands, and if the orders from above are not given, if he gives orders without authorization, he will also be held responsible.

Whether he is afraid to take on this responsibility is a matter of principle.

It's Leng Feng, who doesn't care about this at all, "will not be subject to foreign military orders" is more slippery than anyone else, as long as he wins the battle, there is nothing he can do.

Even if it's arranging for someone to follow him. Find the wrong thing behind the thigh, it's also something that doesn't hurt, as long as it's not dry. Angry things, no one can do anything about him.

"Chief Xue, you can't wait any longer, wait any longer, it'll be dawn!"

"Wait, wait......"

"Report!"

"But the telegram from the chamberlain?"

"Wuhan Military Commission, Chairman Chiang's telegram ......"

"Connect me to Li Ye's headquarters immediately!"

"Hey, Captain Li Ye, I'm Xue Boling, I order, Operation Thunderstorm begins!"

"Yes, Chief Xue!"

Hearing Li Ye's loud voice, Xue Boling put down the telephone with relief, opened the bow and did not look back, success or failure depends on this time.

"What, Operation Thunderstorm?" Tang Keqin angrily tore the telegram to shreds, "Such a big operation, why didn't you inform us before, and the action began, and then tell us, what is this?" ”

"Legion Commander is angry, then Xue Boling didn't trust us in the first place, how could he reveal such a secret operation to us in advance?" Chief of Staff Wan Jianfan hurriedly persuaded him.

"Bastard, what's so great about him Xue Boling, isn't it just that he has eaten a few more years of military pay than me!" Tang Keqin's neck turned red.

"Send a telegram to the chairman's chamber immediately, I want an explanation!" Tang Keqin ordered.

"Legion Commander, rest your anger, stop your anger, we can't report to the chamberlain every time, the chairman was already very dissatisfied with you before, if you do this again, I'm afraid you will lose the trust of the chairman." Wan Jian Domain.

Tang Keqin is an agitated spirit, this is really not wrong, Lao Jiang has already called to reprimand him before, asking him to obey Xue Boling's command and not always disagree with him.

Xue Boling is now his superior, and it stands to reason that there is no need to inform you of the battle plan he makes and what orders he orders.

As a soldier, you just have to follow the order.

One time is enough, and a few more times, I'm afraid that no one will want to fight with you in the future, who can command you?

"Commander, this new 38th Division is the new Chairman. Pet.. Wan Jianfan kindly reminded.

Tang Keqin understood, if this mission went wrong, he fart. The board on the stock is definitely not light, and that Xue Boling may fall into the well.

(To be continued.) )