"Drunk to pick up the lamp to look at the sword, dream back to blow the horn company camp. Eight hundred miles under the command, fifty strings turned over the outside sound. Autumn soldiers on the battlefield.

The horse-made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt. But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens. Compared with other generals in Huangpu, Song Xilian has more elegance and dusty temperament.

If there was no war, Song Xilian would definitely stay at home, chant poetry, and smile proudly in the township. But war has given too many people so many possibilities.

Just yesterday, he received a message from the chairman of the committee that he had promoted himself to the rank of commander of the 78th Army, with the rank of lieutenant general and general, and there were very few people in Whampoa who could receive this honor.

But Song Xilian felt very dangerous, this was Chiang Kai-shek competing with Liu Yuan for himself, you must know that Lu Dao was also a military commander in the Western Song Dynasty Xilian himself was also a military commander, but in the combat sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, he was only a division commander, and he had nothing to do with how many troops he commanded.

And Chiang Kai-shek's telegram, although nominally able to boost the morale of the troops, shows that Chiang Kai-shek attaches great importance to the front-line soldiers, but Song Xilian does not like Chiang Kai-shek very much.

Investment does not have to wait for the appreciation of commodities to spend on the expenses here, just like Yao Ziqing of the 98th Division, graduated from the sixth phase of Huangpu, Song Xilian has observed the combat style of others, and even Song Xilian can see at a glance that he is a talent.

But Chiang Kai-shek couldn't pass the test here, he was just a battalion commander, but what about Liu Yuan? As soon as Liu Yuan gave an order, he was promoted to regiment commander and added a regiment, but Song Xilian thought that Chiang Kai-shek did not have this bearing.

Therefore, Song Xilian was happily promoted to the commander of the 87th Army, but he still commanded the 36th Division to fight, and the game of the central government has nothing to do with his own characters, and no one can erase the southwest mark on his body.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that Song Xilian's interest was average, and issued an order overnight, and in view of the 36th Division's meritorious service, the General Headquarters recorded a collective second-class meritorious service and awarded Song Xilian a fourth-class Baoding Medal.

Chiang Kai-shek thought he was doing a very good job, but he deeply stabbed Song Xilian, the soldiers in front fought bloodily, but Chiang Kai-shek had the heart to fight for power and profit, why didn't he learn from Liu Yuan? In many cases, not fighting is the biggest contention, Chiang Kai-shek continuously sent telegrams, and Liu Yuan never asked for anything from himself.

The battle on the front line was unusually smooth, after the 36th Division seized the frontline position, the Japanese headquarters resisted desperately, and even disrupted Song Xilian's position again, and Song Xilian was taken away by the Japanese again within 20 minutes of taking the position. In the darkness of the night, the Japanese army seemed wilder than during the day.

The sun rose in the east, and the sky was white, and Song Xilian could already see the gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, and the corpses of the soldiers of the national army covered the entire battlefield.

Song Xilian hated the hammer and hammered the wall, and said to the staff officer, "The whole army retreats." ”

"Junza, we finally won the position, we can't just give it to the little devil." The division staff officer couldn't figure out why Song Xilian gave this order.

Song Xilian waved his hand and said, "After a night of fierce fighting, the morale of our army has been lost, and the power of the enemy's ships and guns is difficult to resist. ”

Although Song Xilian has the style of a Confucian general, it does not mean that he has no control over the troops, and under Song Xilian's orders, the troops began to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi, as the commander of the Japanese naval fleet, had never felt so difficult, and fought all night, and the Japanese marines did not resist the enemy's attack several times. The commander of the branch was a man named Song Xilian. He had only heard of Liu Yuan and Jiang Xianyun, when did a person named Song Xilian appear, and he actually took his position several times, so when Song Xilian retreated the last time, the Japanese army rarely dared to pursue.

With the gradual disappearance of the initiative, Zhang Zhizhong became extremely anxious, and he was very aware of the mistake he had made, that is, he did not concentrate superior forces and strategically crush the enemy.

But this can't all be blamed on Zhang Zhizhong, it's really that the power of the Japanese naval artillery is too great, there are hundreds of howitzers of more than 200 calibers, even if there is an air force, but the Japanese also have it, so many times the front-line soldiers did not die at the hands of the Japanese soldiers at all, but died at the hands of the naval gunners. The Ninth Army was already on the verge of collapse, and there were constant cases where all troops were killed and then occupied by the entire Japanese army.

Liu Yuan said that the Chinese side would not win the Battle of Songhu, but it could strategically guide the Japanese to make mistakes, and Liu Yuan did all this.

Since the beginning of the war, Liu Yuan has never cared about winning or losing, he only cares about one thing, that is, the consumption of the vitality of the Japanese army, as well as the preservation of the vitality of his own side. It may be a bit cruel to say this, but since Liu Yuan was the commander of the theater of operations, he has been prepared.

Regarding the reaction of the Japanese army and Zhang Zhizhong, Liu Yuan and his headquarters have been in a state of insight, and on the first day that the Nationalist army lost its dominance, Liu Yuan called Chiang Kai-shek.

The operator was a girl, who was localized, and it took a long time to get Liu Yuan in touch with Chiang Kai-shek.

"Principal, the Battle of Songhu, the strength of our punch has been used up, it's time to close the punch, the Ninth Army has suffered heavy losses, if we don't stop the punch, we may fall." Liu Yuan's voice was calm and cold-blooded, Chiang Kai-shek was also the first time to see such a calm Liu Yuan, in his impression Liu Yuan was the kind of person who did not sleep for more than ten days for the war, Liu Yuan was a person who dared to go to the battlefield in person for the sake of a company.

But he didn't expect that one day his students would become so calm, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Stunned for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek asked, "Tell me about the latest situation on the front." ”

"The 36th Division of Yinguo is in good condition, and the losses of the 88th and 87th Divisions are already extremely heavy, and they have basically lost their combat capability."

"Is that why you think we need to retreat?" Chiang Kai-shek asked.

"Yes, the strategic goal has been achieved, it's time to retreat." Liu Yuan said calmly.

"Fuguo, do you think this will work, Yu Jishi's 74th Army has been held under your hands, and Hu Zongnan's First Army can also rush to the battlefield soon, are you holding on." Chiang Kai-shek could not say that he opposed Liu Yuan's views, so he hoped to give Liu Yuan more troops.

"General Zhang Wenbai has used the refueling tactic for so long, we can't continue to use it." Liu Yuan's voice was like ice, "Principal, the Japanese army's strategy is fundamentally wrong, the urban area is actually worthless, our operations in the urban area have successfully attracted the Japanese army, on the contrary, if the Japanese occupation industry launches a general attack in Luodian and Dachang, it can cut off the roots of the whole army and force us to retreat." ”

"What do you mean?" Chiang Kai-shek's voice was dissatisfied.

Liu Yuan frowned, and just wanted to say something, he was pulled by Gu Zhutong, Liu Yuan glanced at Gu Zhutong, Gu Zhutong held a paper in his hand, and said a few words in the book.

Liu Yuan said calmly, "Retreat, the whole army will withdraw across the Suzhou Creek, let the troops regroup, organize the troops, and rebuild the defense line." ”

"What if I say no!?" Chiang Kai-shek's voice was stubborn.

"I said we had to retreat." Liu Yuan's voice was full of unyielding stubbornness.

"Give the phone to Gu Zhutong, the commander of the Third Theater will immediately come to Nanjing for a meeting, the battle situation will be controlled by Gu Zhutong for the time being, and Chen Cheng will replace Zhang Zhizhong as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy." Chiang Kai-shek was still on the phone for half a day, and his body was up and down.

"General, you're wrong." Gu Zhutong shook his head and said to Liu Yuan.

"I was wrong there, I am the commander of the theater of operations of the country." Liu Yuan asked puzzled.

"You think you are the country, but Chiang Kai-shek thinks you are his, you can disrespect the country, but you can't disrespect him." Zuo Quan said to Liu Yuan with a wry smile.