But Wang Mingyuan's thinking was different from that of the Allied leaders. Now that the suspicion of the Chinese army has been completely washed away, the president will not face the embarrassment of the Entente, why should the troops be injured? Moreover, Wang Mingyuan felt in his heart that he was not sure that he would be able to rely on the existing forces to completely annihilate Hutil's group army in a short period of time.

On the morning of 5 February, he ordered heavy artillery to concentrate fire on a small church northeast of Vinnytsia, and a dozen bombers of the Air Force joined the battle, and within an hour the church was reduced to a pile of rubble. The Germans did not return fire with artillery, and it seemed that they were considering saving shells and saving them for the incoming attack of the Chinese infantry.

"Why didn't Hurtier break through?" Wang Mingyuan buried his head on the map and asked Fan Deping and Xue Xiaocai, who were standing on both sides.

"Hold on and wait...... With the 9th Army cutting off its retreat, they were reluctant to fight a field battle with us. Xue Xiaocai said.

Wang Mingyuan raised his head and looked at the pensive Fan Deping, "Deping, what do you think?" ”

"I'm thinking about you. Any ideas? ”

"If you forcibly eat the main force of Huttier, will it succeed?"

"There is hope. In that case, it would be better to transfer the 1st Heavy Artillery Division on the northern flank as well. I'm thinking, Commander, you let the artillery fire hundreds of shells at Vinnitsa, do you want to sue the Germans for something? ”

"Yes. There is no need for the two of us to shop in Vinnytsia. The Germans were in a hurry to transfer the main forces of the Eastern Front, there was no doubt about it. How many troops will be transferred to rescue Vinnitsa? How much time is delayed? They won't go unconsidered. And what about us? How much will it cost to win this battle? ”

"Understood." Fan Deping nodded. "But just let the Germans go?"

"Of course not. They had to leave something behind. You write a letter, translate it into German, and then choose someone. No, find a German prisoner. The 9th Army has it in its hands. ”

Three hours later, the German captain, who had been captured in the town of Kolinsk, was taken by Lieutenant Colonel Zhongshi to the headquarters of the 16th Army.

"Captain Hans, this is our Chief of General Staff, General Van der Ping." Zhong Shi confessed his identity as a Chinese general in stammering German.

The tall and slender Captain Hans stiffened.

"Mr. Captain, the main force of your army group is surrounded by our army in Vinnytsia, but in a circle with a diameter of 25 kilometers, do you understand?"

Hans blinked. Didn't speak.

"Our commander-in-chief has a letter to General Hurtier. I want you to take this letter back with you. Lieutenant General Hurtier, please, give us an official reply. Chen Hao! ”

"Yes." Major Chen Hao, who was standing in the shadows, took a step forward.

"This Major Chen will accompany you. The reply will be brought back by Major Chen. ”

When Zhongshi finished translating, Captain Hans said something.

He said he would guarantee the safety of the messenger.

"We're not worried about that. If something happens, all of your captured men in Kolinsk will be shot. ”

"Good luck with you." Fan Deping stretched out his hand to Chen Hao. "There is no need to explain anything. There's no need to ask for a reply. Complete the task. You'll be able to add a beanie. ”

Chen Hao thought, I was a lieutenant colonel two years ago. But he stood up and saluted Fan der Ping with a blank face, and then led Hans out of the temporary command post of the military headquarters.

Once sweared. Except on the battlefield, he did not want to see the Germans again. But when Wang Mingyuan asked if he was willing to go to Vinnitsa, he still agreed without hesitation. Obedience is a soldier's duty, and even if he is asked to go to a minefield, he will not hesitate to agree.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Hurthir is deploying a breakout. This was both his strong demand and an order of the General Staff in Berlin. Berlin will never allow these 8 divisions to be lost, and since it is not allowed to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese expeditionary force in Ukraine, a breakthrough has become the only option.

I don't have to choose the direction, so I can only turn around and kill back! It is necessary not only to break through the blockade of the southwest of the Chinese army, but also to break through the blocking line of Ternobor. The situation was terrible, and Hurtier was cursing Hoffmann and Ludendorff inwardly, and even more so himself. Putting the troops in such a predicament, you can't blame others, you can only blame yourself for being too irresponsible.

On the afternoon of the 5th, Huttier locked himself in his room and pondered for two and a half hours, and finally found that he had no better way, except for asking the air force to fully cooperate, he could only desperately break through the Chinese army's resistance on the front line of Kolinsk, which was definitely a bloody battle. He did not know the number of the Chinese troops who occupied Kolinsk and the surrounding heights, but he estimated that it was the elite 9th Army of the Chinese army. It is not difficult to concentrate the main force to break through this 9th Army, but there are still three Chinese armies around Vinnytsia, and when they withdraw from Vinnytsia, the Chinese army will inevitably take the opportunity to copy their own rear road. It is dangerous for the rear of the palace to have too few troops, but leaving too many troops will affect the assault force. It's really difficult, if he sticks to Vinnitsa, he has the confidence to hold the city, but now that the offensive and defensive situation is different, his own forces are stretched. In addition, if you can't break through the encirclement yourself, and Vinnitsa loses it, hundreds of thousands of troops will be trapped in the icy field, which will be even worse...... It is necessary to think about the occurrence of all kinds of unexpected situations, and this force must be brought out...... Just as Huttier was pondering over the map, the staff officer reported that the Chinese army had sent a messenger.

"Hmm," said Hurtier, surprised, but calmed down, "bring him here." ”

Huthier politely asked the staff officer to serve Chen Hao coffee, and then read the letter containing two grammatical errors in Zài intently.

Damn it! The Chinese are so cunning! Huthier scolded inwardly, but there was no show on his face, "Major, I need to study it with my generals, so I can't answer you immediately." Please rest for the night at my headquarters. Come and take the guests down to rest, and be well entertained. ”

Chen Hao was taken to another room, clean and warm, but there was no freedom, even if he went to the toilet, he was followed by two tall and expressionless German soldiers. Dinner was sumptuous, broth and bread, and a bottle of wine.

Chen Hao didn't drink alcohol, chewed and ate the food slowly. The dentures didn't have time to be set, and he always remembered the beautiful Ukrainian girl Natalia during the meal. The girl really convinced Commander Wang that she joined the army. Moreover, her marriage to Captain Yang of the 2nd Engineer Regiment was also approved by Commander Wang. Chen Hao has forgotten what the captain's name is, he only remembers that his surname is Yang, he is also from Shandong, his hometown is in Qufu, he is indeed a beautiful man with a dignified appearance, no wonder Natalia fell in love with him. The captain was very grateful, and agreed to invite Chen Hao to attend the wedding after returning to China, and Chen Hao happily agreed.

Natalia ...... Chen Hao thought more than once that if he found a Russian girl as his wife, would his mother approve of it? Of course. Now I can only think about it. I already have a wife, and my wife gave birth to a lovely son for herself, how can I think about other girls? And it's a foreigner! Xu Yi should have received her letter this year. She must have been worried to death......

The German orderlies took the cutlery. I brought him a military blanket.

Lying on the plank bed with his arms on his back. Chen Hao seems to have returned to the prisoner of war camp. The memory of that fear startled him and made him leap out of bed. When I walked to the window, I saw quite a few officers in the courtyard. The room was lit up, but it was obscured by the curtains.

They were frightened by the plane. Chen Hao laughed silently. At any time, you have to rely on strength to speak, Chen Hao is not worried about being killed, because there are more than a dozen of our divisions outside, and they don't dare to do anything to themselves. Moreover, the German commander must have been tempted, otherwise he would not have let himself wait here.

Sure enough, the German major came again, saying that the commander wanted to see him.

Chen Hao carefully sorted out the new military uniform he had received for serving as a messenger, and after making sure that there was no flaw, he followed the German major back to the room where he had just met the German commander.

In the room sat six German generals. Unlike the Wehrmacht, the German generals are not young enough to be Chen Hao's father.

"Major, we have carefully studied the letter from the commander-in-chief of your army," Lieutenant General Huthier said slowly, assuring that it could be translated to the Chinese army messenger at the same time, "First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the commander-in-chief of your army for the goodwill released!" I agree with him that our two armies are indeed fighting the wrong war in the wrong place! I agreed in principle to withdraw our troops from Vinnytsia...... And promised not to attack the troops of your army near Ternobor, but the conditions offered by the commander-in-chief of your army were too harsh and amounted to the surrender of our army, and I could not agree. ”

Chen Hao knew the conditions of General Wang Mingyuan, and he opened the way to allow the Germans to safely withdraw from Vinnitsa on the condition that the German heavy weapons were disarmed, that is, all the artillery above 75mm caliber was left, including artillery shells. And the artillery and ammunition must be in good condition. Under these conditions, the main force of the German 9th Army could "break through" at the specified time and according to the prescribed route, and the Chinese army would never stop it.

It seems that Khutil had just consulted with his assistants...... Chen Hao calmly looked at the German lieutenant general walking around the room, and stood there motionless without saying a word.

"Does the commander of your army think that my army is all waste? Well? Hu Tier approached Chen Hao and looked at him, "Our army can withdraw, but we must take away a single qiē of military resources, and not even a single bullet will be left!" No! Well? Why don't you speak? ”

"Can I consider this your final reply? If you can, please write a reply to the general. ”

"Nope! I'm not going to write anything back! Let's go. Someone," he called into the German major, "send Mr. Major back!" ”

Chen Hao nodded slightly to Hu Tier, and walked to the door with the steps of a soldier.

"Please stay." Another short and fat German lieutenant general stopped Chen Hao, "Major, since your army is unwilling to fight, why do you still mention these unreasonable conditions?" Your Excellency the Commander has just expressed sufficient sincerity, is it not enough for us to withdraw from Vinnytsia? ”

"General, it is you who are surrounded now. If you think you can hold out until reinforcements arrive, why retreat? Chen Hao was amused. He suddenly felt grateful to Wang Mingyuan, it was the commander who gave him such an opportunity, so that he could tell this strange scene to his children and grandchildren in his lifetime.

"Despicable Chinese! I've changed my mind, Major, you've lost your freedom, and now you're my captive. Hutil came to Chen Hao again.

"It doesn't matter. I didn't think about going back when I came here! Chen Hao's face was expressionless, "I have been your prisoner once, I have never yielded to you, and I will never be in the future." ”

"Take him down!"

"Please remember that when I can't return tonight, our army will attack tomorrow." Chen Hao left the conference room proudly.

In the early morning of February 6, when the first rays of dawn passed through the cold Ukrainian sky and illuminated the snow-capped land, a large number of bombers of the Chinese army from several airfields near Kiev flew over Vinnitsia and began to concentrate on bombing possible German artillery positions and material warehouses. The artillery of the Chinese army, which had occupied positions around the city overnight, began to bombard Vinnytsia at the same time as the aircraft bombarded it. German artillery began to return fire and organized an anti-aircraft defense. At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Germans concentrated 4 divisions of troops were dispatched and moved along the road in the direction of Kolinsk. The Air Force of the Expeditionary Force shifted the target of the strike to the German marching columns. For some reason, the German planes never came to meet them, the sky was dominated by the Chinese air force, and the Germans exposed to the open area suffered heavy losses, but they still firmly pounced on Kolinsk. At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the German breakout troops began to engage fire with the 9th Army. And the 16th Army units deployed by the Chinese army north of Vinnitsa launched the first wave of attacks under the cover of artillery. (To be continued......)