Liu Yuan was thinking on the side, Chiang Kai-shek walked around Liu Yuan and handed Liu Yuan a cup of tea, Liu Yuan thought that Li Erniu made it for him, so he subconsciously picked it up and drank it.

"How do you feel, if you can't go and rest for a while." Chiang Kai-shek's voice came to his ears.

Only then did Liu Yuan realize that Chiang Kai-shek hadn't slept in the middle of the night, and ran to his headquarters, hurriedly put down the teacup, and said to Chiang Kai-shek, "Principal, it's so late, and you haven't rested." ”

"The little devils on the front line are too proactive, I guess the generals under my command must not be able to sleep, so I came to see them, at least let you know that you are not fighting alone." Chiang Kai-shek smiled and threw the cotton cushion made by Song Meiling on the chair where Liu Yuan was sitting, and pressed Liu Yuan on the chair.

The situation on the front line is indeed not optimistic, Liu Yuan's brows have never been loosened, this little devil's attack on the southern front is really brave.

And the little devils have more troops than expected, so tactics have to change.

"Fuguo, see if you want to transfer some troops from the 33rd Group Army to Liao Lei's command." Zuo Quan said to Liu Yuan on the side.

It is said that the boundary between this unit and the army is obvious, and it has always been Liu Yuan who commands other people's troops, and no one else has ever commanded his troops.

Liu Yuan subconsciously looked at Li Zongren, who had just arrived, he definitely heard Zuo Quan's words, but Li Zongren was a typical old fox, and it would definitely be inappropriate if he was upright at this time, so he said euphemistically, "The frontal battlefield on the southern front has been fiercely attacked by three divisions of the Japanese army, and it is definitely impossible for the troops to resist now." If—" Li Zongren said with a slurred mouth.

When Chiang Kai-shek saw Li Zongren's twisted appearance, he said, "Delin, you are all loyal to the party and the state, what is there to be embarrassed about, you are the deputy commander of the theater, you have to give a good start to the officers below." ”

Li Zongren saw Chiang Kai-shek's indifferent appearance, and felt helpless, if you don't want your troops, you definitely don't care, but thinking that after the start of the National War, almost all the elite Central Army went to the battlefield, Li Zongren secretly admired it in his heart, and immediately no longer hesitated.

"The counterattack of the 11th Group Army is still very powerful, but on the whole, the Japanese army is very strong, and Hata Shunroku seems to have received guidance from a master, and the tactics have been changing. In this way, the supply line of the Japanese army is infinitely extended, and if our army attacks from the flank again, then it will not be so simple for the Japanese army to send troops to the rescue. "Li Zongren still didn't mention the matter of the soldiers after the last day.

"Li Gong Gao sees." Liu Yuan's expression relaxed a lot, this Li Zongren can command the Battle of Xuzhou in history, he must be a person with real skills.

"I also considered what the chief of staff said just now, the losses of the 21st Group Army are indeed a bit serious, even if the troops are transferred, I am afraid it will not work, it is better for our whole army to retreat, give the little devil meat, and let him continue to chase forward, but what about the troops of the 33rd Group Army? Comrade Deputy Commander. Liu Yuan asked Li Zongren.

"You should look at this, I said it is not appropriate." Li Zongren said a little embarrassed.

"Let you say it, if you don't say it, then I'll order it myself, Yu Xuezhong's 15th Army." Liu Yuan pointed to the number on the map and shouted.

Hearing that it was not a Huangpu lineage, Li Zongren was indeed a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he really didn't show it.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was old and refined, saw at a glance the unhappiness that Li Zongren had just revealed, so he patted Li Zongren on the shoulder and said, "Old brother (the two are brothers), this time you must spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, Yu Xuezhong's 15th Army, the ace unit in the 33rd Group Army, the first batch of troops in the Southwest Special Administrative Region, and on the Songhu battlefield, General Yu Xuezhong has repeatedly made meritorious contributions, I asked him several times, but I didn't ask for it, I didn't expect to lend it to you, you don't want it yet."

Li Zongren was still a little embarrassed, but he didn't say anything, just sent Liu Yuan an apologetic smile. However, Li Zongren really felt the changes in Chiang Kai-shek.

A terrifying change, in the past, Chiang Kai-shek fantasized about himself as a big ** and an emperor, but now it has changed, and he has put this fantasy in his heart.

He became like the emperors of ancient times, he could endure any insults, he could give his subordinates everything they wanted, he could endure any hardship, he could solve any difficulties for his subordinates. He also knows how to mediate the contradictions of his subordinates.

This is a terrifying change, at present, there are only two people in the whole of China who have done this, that is Mao and Liu Yuan, and now there are more Chiang Kai-shek.

Now is the anti-Japanese war, everyone works together, and when the anti-Japanese war is over, these three soaring dragons will roll up in the land of China, what kind of Lang tide will be rolled up, no one knows what kind of way.

Liu Yuan assigned Xuezhong's 15th Army to Li Zongren, and Chiang Kai-shek said to Liu Yuan, "Poor, I have been controlling you here, and I don't want to expand the scale of the war, but you don't give a chance, and the little devil doesn't give a chance, so be it." I will return to you the Sun Du army and the Lu Han army of the Dian army. ”

"Teacher!" Liu Yuan was stunned for a moment, pulled Chiang Kai-shek's arm, and looked at Chiang Kai-shek excitedly.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said to Liu Yuan, "What do you think I'm staying here for, I just want to see when you have fewer people, so that you can give you people, otherwise if you are not here, you will not understand the situation." Chiang Kai-shek smiled a little smugly.

made Li Zongren laugh too.

"Teacher, how long will it take for these two troops to get to the battlefield?" Liu Yuan asked.

"The two units are trained together with your Southwest Army, and their combat effectiveness is okay, it is estimated that it will take half a month to a month." Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Liu Yuan helplessly.

Liu Yuan's happy heart immediately cooled half, fortunately Chiang Kai-shek was by his side, if he was in Wuhan or Chongqing, it would take him to entangle the telegram back and forth, and when the troops were coming, the cucumber vegetables would be cold, but even so, it would take half a month for the troops to reach the battlefield, and then they could only catch up with the later battles.

Liu Yuan began to release pressure on Liao Lei and other officers and allowed the devils to cross the Huai River, but they thought that after crossing the Huai River, the battlefield would be stable, so Li Pinxian and others stubbornly insisted on blocking the Japanese army near the Huai River.

Zhang Zizhong retreated to Mingguang City, and at the same time, in order to stop the attack of the Ninth Division, Fengyang was defended by the 11th Group Army of the Gui Department.

The sun had not yet risen, but the soldiers in the trenches had already received orders, and they began to retreat to the anticline of the heights, waiting for the enemy's shelling.

"Boom!" A whole shrill explosion sounded, and the Japanese began to test fire.

The soldiers' sleepy eyes disappeared immediately, and everyone hurriedly began to run into the cannon hole as requested.

The 11th Army is a trained regular unit, many soldiers know how to protect themselves on the battlefield, under the leadership of non-commissioned officers, most of the soldiers cover their ears, their mouths are slightly open, and their bodies are curled up in the artillery holes.

The Japanese shelling was so fierce that Sergeant Okai felt like a sapling trembling in a strong wind, although there was a possibility that it would be broken by a hurricane.

The shelling went on for a whole hour, and in the feelings of many, the shelling has been more than a century.

As soon as the cannon stopped, it meant that the little devil's artillery was coming up, and at this time the battle horn had sounded, and Okai hurriedly drilled out the cannon hole and dug the living brother out of the soil, but fortunately only four people died in their class.

At this time, the captain on the position began to shout, "The major officer is dead, and this position is under my management for the time being." ”

"How are you guys in the machine-gun position?" The lieutenant shouted.

"Two brothers are dead, and the machine gun is still alive." The machine gunner at the machine gun position responded.

"Okay, get ready. Listen to me. "The lieutenant skillfully issued the order.

"Sniper, now start entering the sniper position and shoot at the opposite skill class."

"Yes!" Several strangely dressed snipers have quietly disappeared.

"Signal soldier, immediately request support from Lu Shangfeng."

"Yes."

"Sir, the devil's spearhead is here." Sergeant Okai hurriedly said to the lieutenant.

"Come up, okay, 0 0, the demolition team is ready."