Compared with other generals, Du Yuming had a much better grasp of the war than them, and he knew that if he chose to retreat blindly like Huang Jie, it was likely that the troops would also retreat together.

So he chose to divide his troops with Cai Tingkai on two routes, and the troops of the two routes retreated alternately, and at the same time planted infantry mines along the way, reserved snipers, and finally retreated to the vortex river, and the whole army did not have any losses, but in this retreat, more than 1,000 enemies were annihilated.

It was the Japanese Third Division that made trouble with the 11th Group Army, and its combat effectiveness had become very poor, and the commander of the 3rd Division had no intention of destroying the 11th Group Army. I could only watch the 11th Army retreat leisurely, and even the barbed wire fence on the edge of the trenches was taken away.

At noon on the 16th, the Japanese army assaulted the Huai River on all fronts, crossed the Huaishui River, and advanced towards the Vortex River. The officers and men of the troops directly under Huang Jie's military department were covering the troops, and the whole army was killed in battle.

Gu Shoufu and several other division commanders took advantage of the victory to pursue, and after breaking through the water, they rushed to the vortex river.

The Huaihe rout was definitely a heavy blow to the Fifth Theater of Operations.

Especially in the process of retreating, quite a few troops lost a large number of weapons, and many of those lost weapons were relatively advanced, taking Czech machine guns as an example, the Japanese would directly equip the troops and use Chinese guns to hit the Chinese. Not to mention mortars or something, the favorite weapon of the Japanese, as for the Garand rifle, the Japanese did not like it very much and simply abandoned it.

This is not the most serious problem, the most serious is the blow to morale, especially Huang Jiejun, although they are fast in escape, they can still fight after a period of rest.

But their morale has reached a low point, and Li Pinxian will definitely not dare to let such a unit and such a commander go to the battlefield.

After crossing the river, the Japanese army was stopped by Shunroku Hata and did not let them march again, but waited for the command to enter the Bengbu area. Sometimes blindly pursuing, but falling into the trap of the enemy, Shunroku Hatake learned from the experience of Matsui Ishone.

And the Japanese army would never have imagined that just when they were going well, the trap of the Fifth Theater Command had also matured, although this time the trap was a bit passive.

Li Pinxian can come to this point, you must have the ability, the person with the ability is also very temperamental, and as soon as the defense line stabilized a little, he began to complain to Li Zongren.

You must know that Li Pinxian is very embarrassed in the military circles now, everyone knows that although Li Zongren is the commander-in-chief of the southern front, Li Zongren cannot always be on the southern front, so he has the final say in the war on the southern front most of the time, and even Du Yuming did not interfere too much with himself.

But just like that, the smooth battle fought in the early stage collapsed, and now I don't know how many people in Lu Dao say that he Li Pinxian can't fight, and the southern front is a mess under his own leadership.

Why should everything depend on himself, if it weren't for Huang Jie's unlucky urging, how could he be so unlucky.

So no matter what, you have to let your boss deal with Huang Jiejun.

To say that Huang Jiejun promised him to enter the Fifth War Zone by himself, but he really didn't have the right to dispose of Huang Jie.

Even Liu Yuan can't do it, don't look at Liu Yuan's arrest of Han Fuqu so happily, but Huang Jie, if Liu Yuan wants to deal with him, it is really not so simple.

First of all, the old man in the first phase of Whampoa said more and more that one died, one less, and Huang Jie was a person that Chiang Kai-shek liked very much, and there were many things to consider when dealing with him.

For the war on the southern front, Liu Yuan only grasped the general direction, although Huang Ming was now on the battlefield on the southern front, but Liu Yuan respected himself and did not ask.

But if something happens, I have to find Liu Yuan to solve it. Li Zongren was still very embarrassed to say this, he meant to let Liu Yuan have a good talk with Chiang Kai-shek.

But he never thought that Liu Yuan's reaction would be so strong, "Such a big matter, there is a possibility of cover-up, and it must be dealt with seriously, without considering the attitude of the principal, go to the military court." ”

The front-line soldiers are fighting, appearing in this kind of thing, if it is not dealt with seriously, it will definitely chill many soldiers, Liu Yuan can go to the position of the commander of the theater, there is a very important magic weapon, that is, to be strict in charge of the army, even if his own people make mistakes, he will reprimand, and even more severely.

"Fuguo, Huang Jiejun's regiment commander to the army commander are all graduated from your Huangpu, protégé of the Son of Heaven, do you really want to deal with them?" Li Zongren smiled bitterly and looked at the young general in front of him, if it was him, he would definitely not have the courage, and Chiang Kai-shek would not let himself dispose of it.

"What's wrong with the protégé of the Son of Heaven, don't say it's Huang Jie, even if I, Liu Yuan, make a mistake on the battlefield, I have to investigate, this is military law, it can't be violated, today I can be merciful because he is my classmate, and tomorrow more people will dare to disobey on the battlefield." Liu Yuan continued, "Our Fifth Theater has too many troops and is complicated, including the Southwest Army, the Central Army, the Gui Army, the old headquarters of the Northwest Army, local troops, and guerrillas. ”

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is a war of the whole nation, regardless of party affiliation or locality, all of them are treated equally, and he Liu Yuan can supplement without discrimination, but he does not allow anyone to contribute to the War of Resistance and give up his comrades-in-arms.

"You know, you want to control the overall situation, and I can't check it." Li Zongren himself is from the Gui family, and he is not willing to come forward and be this bad guy at all. And if he does too much, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely be angry with the Gui system, and if he doesn't do too much, it will be meaningless.

"Fuguo, don't be impulsive. You can't touch them at this time. Zuo Quan shook his head at Liu Yuan and said, "This retreat, although Huang Jie retreated first, but the other troops also retreated, if you investigate him thoroughly, the other troops will be unable to sleep and will panic because of this matter." At that time, the war on the southern front will not be able to fight, so it is better for you to send a telegram to Huang Jie as the president of the student union......"

Liu Yuan was silent for a long time without saying a word, intellectually speaking, Zuo Quan's method is the most suitable, but in his heart, Liu Yuan just wanted to deal with Huang Jie, and he didn't want this kind of black sheep to continue to stay in the army.

"No, I think I understand the dismissal of Huang Jie, and at the same time give Li Pinxian a major punishment. Huang Jie was immediately escorted back to the Xuzhou Military Court for trial. Chiang Kai-shek didn't know when the command would appear, "We must fight hard." I, as a teacher, even dealt with my own students, and they would scold me. After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he left Liu Yuan's headquarters in a somewhat depressed manner.

He paid too much to resist Japan, he was the head of state, but on the battlefield, he couldn't even keep his own students, it was not a question of right or wrong, it was a matter of dignity, and others would look down on him Chiang Kai-shek.

The news of the great defeat of the Chinese army on the southern front and the retreat of the whole army has been spread by the Japanese, and has already made the whole world know about it.

For a time, there was a pessimistic atmosphere in the whole of China, and the Japanese army on the southern front was advancing too fast, and many foreign military observers analyzed that the Chinese army would usher in a rout on the battlefield in Xuzhou.

A group of young staff officers in the General Staff Department are discussing the military situation.

"The Huaihe River has been lost, how to defend the front line, this Li Zongren will be a good person, let Huang Jie go to the southern line to gild, don't you know the importance of the southern line? Now that the Huai River has been lost, it will not take long for the Japanese army to defeat Xuzhou. A staff officer said depressedly.

"Alas, Liu Shuai is under a lot of pressure, although he is nominally in charge of the Fifth War Zone and the First War Zone, Yan Xishan does not bird us Liu Shuai at all, and there is also an estimate of Li Zongren's face, otherwise how could the war on the Southern Front be fought so badly, the most hateful thing is that Han Fuqu has been arrested for so long and has not been shot yet!" Another young officer sighed.

"Don't talk about Liu Shuai, many people in the army have a big opinion." The older man with glasses said.

"That's right! Right! The chairman of the committee is a special general, and our Admiral Liu Yuan became a marshal earlier, but this time I don't know how he passed this hurdle, Huang Jie's waste is too much trouble. ”