Chapter 877: Leng Feng gives way
Xinxiang, the military headquarters of the new First Army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Military seat, General Xue Boling sent an urgent telegram, asking us to transfer the new 38th Division to him for use." Xue Ping hurriedly walked into the war room, came behind Leng Feng, and reported.
"Luo Yufeng, where are they?"
"It has passed Shanxian County and is heading towards Yucheng."
"Well, send a telegram to Chief Xue, saying that the new 38th Division can be handed over to him for command, but there are conditions." Leng Feng said slowly, "The new 38th Division must have separate command. ā
"Junza, I'm afraid this won't work, can Chief Xue agree?"
"He will agree, at least we will not be like Tang Keqin who only cares about preserving our own strength, regardless of the overall situation and the safety of our allies." Leng Feng said.
"Yes!"
"Chief Xue, Leng Guoguang agreed, but he has one condition."
"On what terms?"
"Separate command."
"What?" When Xue Boling heard this, a wave of anger suddenly came up, the most important thing in a battle is to work together to achieve the effect that the commander wants.
If everyone is independent and comes according to their own wishes, and everyone on the battlefield fights the main attack, and no one cooperates, then how can this battle be fought?
"What does he want to do with this Leng Guoguang?" Xue Boling was furious, he just wanted to get angry, but suddenly calmed down, although his relationship with Leng Feng was only in the telegram and official documents, he could feel that Leng Feng was not a vexatious person, and even sometimes he would sacrifice his own interests and take care of the overall situation.
But at this time, he actually made such a request, which was so unreasonable and a bit difficult for a strong man.
If something is abnormal, there must be a demon!
"Nothing else is said in the telegram?"
"No, nothing else." Wu Xiqi carefully read the telegram in his hand from beginning to end, and replied seriously.
"Report!"
"The 35th Division has found a troop of tens of thousands of people, hundreds of cars, and a large number of mules and horse-drawn carts heading toward Yucheng...... a communications staff officer who walked over and reported with sweat on his head.
"Mechanized troops of tens of thousands?" Xue Boling and Wu Xiqi stopped, and they were all surprised, among the known national armies, only the New First Army and Tang Keqin's 20th Army Corps could be called mechanized troops, but Tang Keqin's 20th Army Corps could only be regarded as a semi-mechanized corps.
Then all that's left is the new army!
No, the new 38th Division is also a mechanized division.
It must be the new 38th Division!
They have already gone south, could it be that Leng Guoguang has already thought that he wants to ask him for help, and ordered the new 38th Division to go south first, which is also incredible.
No, how could the new 38th Division go to Yucheng, shouldn't it be going directly to Guide?
Could it be ......
"Old Wu, help me over!" A flash of light flashed in Xue Boling's mind, and he ordered Wu Xiqi.
Wu Xiqi walked over, helped Xue Boling up from the chair, and walked towards the sand table.
"Order the 3rd Division to report the location of this unit, the speed of marching, and the number of the troops!" Xue Boling ordered.
"Yes!"
On the winding road, a long team of trucks, there is no end in sight, the new 38 is after recovering Caozhou, after a day of rest, the defense will be handed over to the new 37 brigade, and then the large force quickly moved south, maneuvering in the direction of Cao County.
This road is all under the control of the Luxi Corps, therefore, the large corps goes south, day and night, naturally quietly, but after approaching the Longhai line, it is not so easy to cover up!
Leng Feng had no intention of grabbing merit, and the reason why he let the new 38th Division move to the Longhai line in concealment was mainly because he was worried that something would happen in the Battle of Guide, and if a force could suddenly rise to the top at this time, it might be able to turn the tide of the battle.
If Xue Boling can take Guide, the new 38th Division can also become a rapid mobile reaction force, which is only good for the battle situation on the Longhai line.
At this moment, there are quite a few troops in the five theaters in Luxi who have withdrawn through Weishan Lake to the west, and most of them are sleepy and lacking horses, and the proportion of troops in battle losses is very high, and their combat effectiveness is limited.
What Leng Feng has to do is to ensure that the retreat channel of Luxi is unblocked, so that they can safely move to the safe area in the rear to rest and replenish, and leave the fire for the next battle against Japan.
Once the Japanese army crossed the Longhai line, it would be a huge threat to the retreating troops of the Fifth Theater, and Leng Feng had to take precautions.
"Division, a friendly sentry has been found ahead!"
"Order the troops, stop the advance, and rest for ten minutes!" Luo Yufeng got off the jeep and gave the order to rest.
"Yes!"
"Lao Luo, what's wrong?"
"The front has already reached the boundary of Yucheng, we are taking the highway, and there is a sentry post." Luo Yufeng explained to Qin Yankun, the chief of staff who came out of the car.
"I'll get some air, too." Qin Yankun pushed the car door and walked down.
"It's the provisional 35th Division stationed in Yucheng, do you want to say hello to their division commander Wang and let us go over?"
"It's easy to say, now that the fight is fierce, Yucheng is a key garrison area, we have such a long team, I'm afraid it has already been a rumor." Luo Yufeng said, "Order the troops, strengthen the vigilance, don't let others beat you, it will be a joke." ā
"Master, Chief Leng is in a hurry."
"Yo, it's finally here." Luo Yufeng was not surprised, Leng Feng called at this time, he must have known their situation, for this clever Leng army commander, he never doubted that there was something in this world that he didn't know.
After reading the content of the telegram, Luo Yufeng crumpled it up, directly lit a match, and then burned the telegram, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes: "It's a little interesting, order the troops, after resting, all the cars will be filled with gasoline, and the soldiers will immediately board the car and move forward at full speed!" ā
"Lao Luo, what order?"
"Raid Bozhou!"
"What?" Qin Yankun was taken aback.
"At this time, we go to Guide, it can play a little role, the rest of the Japanese army are diehards, they will only hold on to Guide City, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and what we want now is to completely cut off the hope of the Tufeiyuan Division and handle the 106th Division!" Luo Yufeng said.
"Isn't it the Tang Corps that blocked the 106th Division?"
"Tang ran ran and fought for four days, the loss is huge, it is estimated that it is unbearable, if Tang run run, it will bring a big chain reaction." Luo Yufeng said.
"Tang Keqin doesn't have such courage, right?"
"You underestimate the urine nature of these Huangpu uncles, they have always been arrogant, they only care about their own interests, and they have done a lot of things regardless of the overall situation."
"But can he afford such a big thing?"
"His troops can't stop it, it's hard to let him kill him, the main general doesn't have the heart to fight to the death, so how can the officers and soldiers below fight to the death?"
Qin Yankun did not refute again, sometimes, the will of the commander is really very important to win a battle, or what the ancients said, it is easy to get a thousand troops and it is difficult to find.
The role of the general is not only to arrange troops, but also to represent the atmosphere and willpower of a force.
The stronger the willpower of the main general, the worse the willpower of the soldiers below.
Luo Yufeng had contact with the Tang Army in Taierzhuang, and several generals under Tang Keqin were good, such as Guan Yudong, the commander of the 52nd Army, although his temper was not very good, but he was absolutely unambiguous in the war, and there were some other officers whose quality was not bad, but they had a commander who was not very likeable.
How to say it, Tang Keqin is too showy and too high-profile, especially looking down on local generals, even if it is a general like Luo Yufeng who teaches the corps, he also looks at him with a condescending look.
Very arrogant, with no eyes to spare.
Of course, he didn't say a total of ten words to Tang Keqin, and when the final general attack was made, the new 38th Division did not have much contact with the 20th Army Corps.
However, Sun Fanglu's Second Army and the 20th Army were Mo. It was not small, because of the ownership of the loot, and it was suppressed in front of Li Delin.
Outside the city of Guide, the first corps of eastern Henan pointed forward.
"Report!"
"Come in!"
"Chief Xue, Chief of Staff, Colonel Li Ye, Captain of the Armored Brigade of the New First Army, asks to see you."
"Li Ye, invite him in!" Xue Boling and Wu Xiqi glanced at each other, both of them showed a hint of surprise, at this time, what was Li Ye doing here?
Li Ye, as the commander of the armored brigade, except for one or two times when he had a combat meeting at the beginning, and later on the battlefield, he was almost at the front, he was a front-line commander, and rarely came to the front to point out, and Xue Boling gave him combat orders by phone.
Li Ye appeared in front of Xue Boling in a capable summer dress.
"Li Ye of the New First Army Armored Brigade has seen Chief Xue, Chief of Staff Wu!" Li Ye saluted a standard military salute.
"It's so late, Colonel Li came to see someone Xue, what's the matter?"
"Chief Xue, Li Ye was ordered to deliver you a top-secret battle plan." Li Ye explained his intentions, and took out a telegram from his close-fitting clothes, opened it, and respectfully handed it to Xue Bolingdao.
"Battle plan?" Xue Boling took it suspiciously.
Sizzle......
When he saw the content of the plan, Xue Boling, who was usually calm and composed, couldn't help but take a breath.
"Chief Xue, what's the plan?" Wu Xiqi asked curiously.
Xue Boling handed the telegram directly to Wu Xiqi, and after Wu Xiqi read it, his face also showed shock, and it was obvious that this plan also shocked him.
"Your Commander Leng has decided?"
"Yes, we believe that this is the best chance to break the tie right now." Li Ye said solemnly.
"Chief of Staff, what do you think?"
"If this plan is successful, it will naturally solve the current crisis, and it can also disintegrate the enemy's morale and fighting spirit, but I'm afraid that Tang Keqin's side is not easy to say." Wu Xiqi said.
"I'll go to Tang Keqin's side and say that if he has an opinion, then follow the military order and block the enemy for a week, and now there are still three days."
"But the time is no longer me, the opportunity cannot be lost, in case Tang Keqin ...... him"
"If he really has the guts, why did he push back and fight with me in the first place?" Xue Boling said angrily.
"That's right."
"This is the separate command that your Commander Leng said, right?" Xue Boling asked.
"Yes." Li Ye generously admitted.
"Since you have such a delicate plan, just tell someone Xue directly, why bother to let you deliver it in person?"
"Chief Xue has a lot of people here, and once the plan is leaked, the consequences will be unimaginable." Li Ye said, "Our military seat tries to reduce the intermediate links of message transmission as much as possible to ensure that the message is conveyed within a controllable range to ensure that it will never be leaked." ā
"Leng Guoguang doesn't believe in my people?" Xue Boling was a little unhappy.
"No, it's a job and part of the plan, it's just a familiar road." Li Ye said solemnly.
"You're going to participate too?"
"Yes, I will personally lead more than half of the tanks and armored vehicles to form an armored assault team to follow the new 38th Division, and the rest will continue to stay in Guide, and the heavy artillery brigade will also send two battalions to participate in the operation!" Li Ye explained.
"Such a large plan of action must be approved by the Wuhan Military Commission."
"This is natural, but this plan was not formulated by our military seat, it was planned by you, Chief Xue, so our military seat ordered me to personally convey this plan to you."
The real reason is here, Leng Feng wants to give this credit to Xue Boling, with good intentions.
(To be continued.) )