Chapter 45: Hold on and Wait for Help
In the office building of the county magistrate of Nanchang County, the commanders of the third division were still discussing something, and Xue Yue was alone, putting down the cigarette in his hand and organizing his own language in the crowd.
It stands to reason that the commanders of other divisions like Xue Yue have no say in the Third Division, and their division commander actually chose to run away at the most critical moment, which makes the hot-blooded men of the Third Division look down on him even more.
But everyone doesn't know why the master of the road respects this man so much, from the time of the training, he took good care of him, and invited him to come to the third division several times, but he refused, in the eyes of everyone, this is obviously a guy who doesn't know the times.
So when he came forward, everybody wanted to see what he could say. Du Yuming looked at this guy with a playful face, when he consulted back then, he saw this guy's talent.
Xue Yue looked at Liu Yuan, and seeing that Liu Yuan did not stop him, he walked to the center of the room and said.
Although the Northern Expedition is not long, we have already laid down Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan openly supports us, and Fujian is also in our hands, obviously Jiangxi is already in our bag, and taking Nanchang is the top priority to have Jiangxi.
Originally, our Whampoa Army was fighting in the south and the north all the way, and it had the potential to sweep the world, but no one thought that he Sun Chuanfang himself did not have much ability, but he had a lot of capable people, not to mention excellent weapons, and many of them were loyal and treacherous.
This made my Northern Expedition difficult, take Nanchang City as an example, how many people we lost here, the Seventh Army Cheng Qian's Commander lost his troops, and the First Division of the First Army suffered heavy losses, and now the same is true of your Third Division.
Not only that, but in other places, the principal's offensive is also not obvious, because the principal's order is no longer effective, and many army commanders and division commanders have their own selfishness. Although we have won all the way, but now? Not once loud, and the third division such an excellent unit, but because of the teammates rescue is not effective, into layers of encirclement, I know that everyone wants to take advantage of the enemy's panic from Nanchang City to fight out, but everyone has not thought about it, so many mountain roads, waterways, how can we get ten thousand people, we are on Sun Chuanfang's territory, even if we can break out of the Lu by taking a step back, but I'm afraid there will be no one in ten.
Moreover, we disobeyed the military order, let the principal's dignity go, we are his closest troops, if even we don't support him, what will other army commanders and division commanders think of him.
"Commander Xue Yue, what you said is right, but this can't let our third division go to death, this is in the enemy's encirclement, now there is a chance not to leave, if the enemy reacts, I'm afraid we will have to explain here, this sacrifice is not too worthless, you must know that our teammates are thirty or forty miles away, but they rely on excuses to not move forward." Wang Yaowu stood up and said loudly to Xue Yue, in his eyes, this guy is too arrogant, when will the third division have the opportunity for him as an outsider to speak.
"Why do you want the Third Division to do this, because the Third Division is a heroic unit, an iron-clad force, and a hope force of the country, and only you can complete the task of attracting the enemy. I think Division Commander Liu has already seen the commander-in-chief's strategic deployment, so what is there to hesitate about. Sooner or later, a man will die, and he can't die vigorously for anything. ”
Liu Yuan did not meet Xue Yue, as the head of the first division, he had a lot of things to consider, and he would not make a confused decision because of other people's ecstasy.
Liu Yuan looked at Zuo Quan, at this time he didn't dare to make any decision easily, these ten thousand people were his brothers, his good comrades-in-arms.
Zuo Quan shook his head, obviously he didn't think about this matter either. Xue Yue saw that not many people agreed with what he said, but he knew that the division commander sitting in front of him had considered it a little more.
Nie Rongzhen saw that the scene was a little cold, stood up and said, Yuzhang Ancient County, Hongdu New Mansion, the stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to Henglu. The three rivers and the five lakes are controlled, and the Ouyue is controlled. Such a good place, we can't return it to Sun Chuanfang, if we retreat, the enemy will be afraid of them because of us, and the next battle will not be easy to fight. Moreover, the head of Xue Yue has a very good understanding of the principal's strategic situation, if he can win this battle, there will be no major war south of the Yangtze River from now on. ”
Liu Yuan nodded, stood up and said, "Okay, **'s speech is over, let me say a few words, no matter what we think or say, there is one thing we can't get rid of, that is, our military uniforms, and the blue sky and white sun emblem on our heads." We are soldiers, soldiers of the Republic of China, soldiers of the people.
When the country and the people need us to fight, we have no reason to run away.
Although Nanchang is dangerous, it is not the burial place of our three divisions, but I know that if Sun Chuanfang is fighting with us, one of the three major warlords will be removed from now on.
Liu Yuan's words are very confident and domineering. When he said this, it also meant that a battle for Nanchang City by the Third Division and Sun Chuanfang's army began.
In fact, everyone also knows that as long as Liu Yuan is there, disobeying military orders on the battlefield will basically not happen, because most of the three divisions regard the honor of soldiers as more important than life, but they have not been supported after being encircled, which makes them really heartbroken.
At this moment, Zuo Quan, on behalf of the General Staff, gave a detailed introduction to the specific situation of Nanchang City, the Ganjiang River, the Nanchang Railway, the height of the city wall, materials, etc., analyzed the advantages of the enemy and us from all aspects, and arranged the defensive deployment.
Liu Yuan looked at the young faces in the house, he didn't know if these young faces in the house would survive after the battle of Lu Dao, Guan Linzheng didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he didn't have a chance to be sad.
At this time, Li Erniu came over from outside and whispered in Liu Yuan's ear, "The news sent by the secret pile of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Sun Chuanfang was furious when he heard that we broke Jiang Fangzhen and recaptured Nanchang City, it was not enough, he gathered 40,000 people, plus the 60,000 or 70,000 people who originally surrounded us, and now the small land of Nanchang has gathered more than 100,000 troops, and we can't leave even if we want to." ”
Now that the road is getting farther and farther, and the day of separation is getting closer and closer, there is no need to pretend, Liu Yuan signaled him to personally tell everyone this information Li Erniu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood that the division commander wanted to see everyone's reaction.
Li Erniu thought for a while, then organized the language and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, just now our third division's own intelligence system sent information, Sun Chuanfang has already participated in the encirclement of us, and now the army surrounding us has exceeded more than 100,000 people. ”
When everyone heard more than 100,000 people, they were all surprised, but Liu Yuan still saw some different expressions on the faces of some people, after all, those who could enter the third division were smart people, and many people heard what their intelligence system meant, and the division commander was afraid that he would have to stand on his own, the eyes of some officers led by Du Yuming flickered, and Song Xilian looked at Liu Yuan without any shame.
And just when Liu Yuan and the officers of the Third Division were talking about how to deal with more and more enemies, the news about Sun Chuanfang's "imperial conquest" was sent to Chiang Kai-shek's desk, and Director Zhou and they got the news very late.
"At this time, Chiang Kai-shek realized what a wrong decision he had made, more than 100,000 people, attacking a city that 10,000 people would hold, in ancient times, it was also a matter of searching for bags, and he ordered them to stick to it, which cut off their escape route."
Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters was full of people, and next to him was a chubby, smiling little man, his name was Bai Chongxi.
"Commander, I think it is very difficult for this little guy Liu Yuan to hold Nanchang City, it is better to let our troops, not to close, to give way to the north, and to encircle three and lack one, to give the enemy a hope, and at the same time to reduce our marching time. In this way, we will be able to attack tomorrow at the latest," Bai Chongxi thought for a moment and said his own suggestion.
After Bai Chongxi said this, Chiang Kai-shek could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere in the headquarters, in fact, he had such an idea just now, but when Bai Chongxi said this, the words reached Chiang Kai-shek's mouth and swallowed again.
"Send electricity to the Third Division." Chiang Kai-shek turned his back, he didn't want everyone to see his sad mood at the moment.
"To Liu Yuan, commander of the Third Division, the hardships and dangers of this battle are related to the fate of the country, and the ears bear the expectations of the country, and we must not slack off, we must work hard and fight hard, and on the day of triumph, the division is being awarded the rank of General Ruzhong, and the third division is upgraded to the 17th Army of the National Revolutionary Army."
After listening to Chiang Kai-shek's words, everyone secretly shook their heads, and at this moment, the Third Division was probably going to become history.