In the early morning of the 26th, he learned that the battle situation on the south bank had stabilized, and a big stone in Zheng Weiguo's heart finally fell to the ground. Seeing that he was very tired, Chief of Staff Zhou persuaded: "Junzao, you can sleep for a while!" It's enough to have a lowly duty here. ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "How can I sleep now?" Let's go to the ferry! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The ferry is too dangerous, let's walk around!" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "It's okay, but the river is fine!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou couldn't persuade him, so he had to let the pillar bring a guard squad to follow. The moonlight was not good, and they didn't dare to light the torches, so the group reached the bank of the Yellow River in the dark. The wind by the river is very strong, and the slightest moisture blows in the face, making people feel a chill.

"The guns on the South Bank have stopped?" Zheng Weiguo looked across the river, but unfortunately it was dark and he couldn't see anything.

Chief of Staff Zhou stood aside and said with a smile: "Yes, military seat!" This Zhao Yunxiang is still very courageous, and a dangerous move makes the little devil dare not move all night! ”

Zheng Weiguo suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "You mean that the little devil is still guarding in front of our army's formation?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou laughed and said, "It's their own fault!" The little devil also made a set of interspersed division and encirclement last night, and after hitting the most stubborn, the enemy and us were staggered, mixed together, where is it so easy to retreat? ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said with a solemn face: "No, there is something strange in this!" Tufeiyuan is now under-frequented and has to endure the siege of various units of the national army on all sides, so it is impossible to let such a large army lie in vain for one night. ”

For soil fertilizer originally said. Time is of the essence, and every minute of delay increases the danger of the annihilation of the entire army. Although he will lose some of his troops when he retreats, it is not unbearable for him. Now the Japanese army continues to lie near the ferry, and there is no loss, but after dawn, the 97th Army will suffer more casualties from all sides. If Zheng Weiguo was ruthless and fought one or two brigades, it would not be impossible to defeat this Japanese army.

Chief of Staff Zhou was silent for a moment, and guessed: "Junzuo, I have contacted the war zone just now, and it is said that all units of the friendly army suffered a big loss from yesterday afternoon to evening. I'm afraid it won't help us for a while. In other words. Tu Feiyuan is not in a hurry to retreat, and it is even possible to draw troops from other defense lines! ”

Zheng Weiguo was taken aback and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the headquarters first." Let's get the situation straight! ”

After returning to the command. Zheng Weiguo asked the communications battalion to get in touch with the headquarters of the commander of the First War Zone. Soon I learned a general situation. As for the more detailed military information, the First War Zone is not clear. Because the intelligence department of the national army is really bad, and junior officers habitually lie about military information. There isn't much credibility.

After hearing the news, Deputy Army Commander Wang Qifeng, Deputy Division Commander Duan Shuanghu, Deputy Division Commander Zhang Dongkai, and Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang of the Theater who came to inspect all hurried to the headquarters of the 97th Army.

Duan Shuanghu was anxious, and when he entered the door, he asked: "Military seat, staff seat, how are the various departments of our army progressing now?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said to Chief of Staff Zhou: "Since everyone has arrived, you can tell everyone about the war situation sent by the war zone, so that everyone can have a bottom in their hearts." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded, walked to the battle map, and said, "Okay, commanders, please take a look!" As he spoke, he pointed to the map and gave a general explanation of the current military situation and the battles of friendly forces.

According to Chief of Staff Zhou, with the change of the war situation, the current national army can be roughly divided into five directions. First, Chen Liukou and the nearby 97th Army; second, the First Army of Huzong in the southern direction of Quxingji; third, the 64th Army and the 74th Army at Luowang Station; fourth, Gui Yongqing's 27th Army in the direction of Xulou (southeast of Lanfeng City); Fifth, Song Xilian's 71st Army at Lanfeng Station (just south of Lanfeng City) (the 88th Division has been reorganized).

In the direction of Quxingji, Huzong's Southern First Army successfully cleared some of the Japanese army's outlying strongholds, such as Gaotangzhai, but it was slow to conquer the main position of Quxingji, nor could it open up contact with the 97th Army. Historically, the First Army did not take Quxingji until the end of the Battle of Lanfeng, and Chen Liukou was also taken together with the 74th Army on the 27th.

The attack on Luowang Station was the 64th Army, which originally belonged to the Guangdong Army, with average combat effectiveness, but excellent equipment, like their LeFH-18 105mm howitzer, which is rare even in the Central Army. Yesterday's attack on Luowang Station, this kind of artillery made a great achievement, and Commander Li Hansoul ordered them to be pushed to the front of the formation to shoot at close range, and after a burst of heavy bombardment, all the temporary fortifications of the Japanese army were crushed.

The officers and men of the 64th Army took advantage of the situation to enter Luowang Station from the gap, and the Japanese army was short of troops and could only resist desperately. Seeing that victory was about to be achieved, I didn't expect the little devil to suddenly release poison gas, and the poor officers and soldiers of the national army were caught off guard, and they lacked anti-poison equipment, and suffered heavy casualties for a while, and had to retreat after the worst.

Xulou in the southeast of Lanfeng County is also an important stronghold of the Japanese army, equivalent to the south gate of Lanfeng City, and the 46th Division of the 27th Army is responsible for attacking here, that is, the remnants of the Central Army Teaching Force.

The 59th Wing, which had just withdrawn from the east, had been desperately building fortifications after retreating here on the 24th, and by the afternoon of the 25th, the fortifications had been built very completely. In addition, some of the artillery units originally attached to the right column also acted with them, so the firepower and strength were relatively strong.

Although the Central Army Teaching Corps is very famous, its combat effectiveness is really poor, because few of them have fought in a war from officers to soldiers, and most of them are formed directly from the elite of military cadets, and their purpose is not to fight wars, but to let military cadets practice in order to train officers.

After the troops rushed to the periphery of Xulou, they failed to capture it after several consecutive attacks, but instead lost many backbones and soldiers who dared to fight. Ma Weilong, the commander of the 138th Brigade, was anxious and personally rushed to the front line to supervise the battle, but unexpectedly, the Japanese army suddenly shelled the area, causing Brigade Commander Ma and several guards to be martyred on the spot.

At that time, his subordinate Regiment Commander Xiao said that the Japanese artillery fire was too strong and asked the horses not to go to the front line.

Brigade Commander Ma said: The superior commander is afraid of death and can't take the lead, so how can he motivate morale? So I insisted on going. I didn't expect to die here.

Brigadier Commander Ma Weilong was very famous in the teaching corps, and he was a hero who persevered until the last moment in the Battle of Nanjing (in stark contrast to Xiao Guizi's abandonment of the army and his escape). His sacrifice grieved the soldiers of the Teaching Corps, but it also frightened many officers. Before the death of Brigade Commander Ma, the 46th Division launched several attacks, and after he died, the troops were no longer able to attack.

Originally, the south of Lanfeng was the responsibility of Gui Yongqing's 27th Army, but the 36th Division has not come to its senses until now, and the 46th Division has also lost its combat effectiveness. Song Xilian, commander of the 71st Army, had no choice but to transfer the 87th Division over for emergency.

The only result was the 71st Division of the 88th Army. The division commander Long Muhan was escorted to Wuhan (and later shot) for abandoning himself and defending Lanfeng, but his subordinates fought a turnaround battle. After a hard battle, they took Lanfeng Station, exposing Lanfeng City directly to the firepower of the 71st Army, and splitting Xu Lou's 59th Wing and Lanfengcheng's 2nd Wing in two. cut off their contact.

After listening to the war briefing. Everyone was silent. Only Duan Shuanghu glared and asked, "That's it?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said, "That's all the information we have obtained from the war zone so far. Of course, there are several national armies like the 71st Army that are still attacking, and maybe there will be good news after dawn. ”

Duan Shuanghu waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about this. I mean, what about our 97th Army? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said strangely: "Haven't you been in the military department all the time." Why are you still asking me? ”

Duan Shuanghu explained: "In the middle of the night last year, Nanmian sent a large number of wounded people over. I followed me to the field hospital, but I didn't expect to be arrested after I went, and I haven't been busy until now. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou sighed. He also talked about the situation of the 97th Army's river-crossing troops.

When Duan Shuanghu heard this, he even said that it was wrong.

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled: "You and the military seat are slightly the same!" Tell me, what's wrong? ”

Duan Shuanghu smiled and said, "The little devil is so abnormal, he must be playing yin with us, but I haven't figured out what is going on for a while!" ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head, and said to the other officers, "What do you guys think?" ”

Everyone pondered for a while, and they all felt that the Japanese army's move was very abnormal, but they couldn't think of why they turned the tables, after all, the longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it would be to the 97th Army. Nearly 10,000 troops are at least one-third of the strength in Tu Feiyuan's hands, and it is impossible to be idle, especially now when there is such a fierce firefight.

Chief of Staff Zhou saw Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang smiling, and if he had something to gain, he hurriedly asked, "Chief Zhang, what did you think?" ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang smiled proudly: "Zhang was also confused before, and it wasn't until he heard Chief of Staff Zhou talk about the battle at Luowang Station that he suddenly became enlightened!" ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and said in unison: "Poison gas!" ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang slapped the table, stood up, and said, "Yes, it must be this thing!" ”

Duan Shuanghu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "What kind of evil thing did I say, it turned out to be poisonous gas, so there is nothing to be afraid of!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "The lethality of poison gas is huge, why do you despise it so much? ”

Duan Shuanghu said: "Zhang Shaoshuai used poison gas in Zhuozhou back then, except for smoking a few rats to death, it didn't have much effect!" ”

During the Northern Expedition that year, Fu Zuoyi of the Jin Sui Army was stationed in Zhuozhou, threatening the supply lines and retreat routes of the Northeast Army. Major Marshal Zhang led his troops to attack fiercely, and planes, artillery, tanks, and poison gas were all used all over the place, until Zhuozhou ran out of ammunition and food. That poisonous gas really didn't have much use except for scolding, and it was said that the main reason was that the concentration was not enough.

In any case, it is wrong to use poison gas in the civil war, so Zheng Weiguo, Wang Qifeng, and Zhang Dongkai are a little embarrassed, although they did not participate in the battle of Zhuozhou that year, but they were all subordinates of Zhang Shaoshuai.

As soon as Duan Shuanghu spoke, he also realized that something was wrong, and he hurriedly remedied: "Uh, hehe, military seat, deputy seat, I didn't mean you ...... ha"

When Deputy Division Commander Zhang Dongkai heard this, his head was suddenly full of black lines, thinking that you didn't mean them, did you mean me? I didn't let go of poison gas either!

Zheng Weiguo said angrily: "Your stinky mouth, can't you stop a little?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou was busy diverting the topic and said: "Shuanghu, don't underestimate the devil's poison gas, when I was still in the headquarters of the commander of the Second World War Zone, I heard that the Japanese army was equipped with a large number of new poison gases, which have been used many times since 37 years, and they are very powerful. If poison gas is really used, we have to guard against it. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said: "What the chief of staff said is right, fortunately, the south bank of the Yellow River is open, and we have gas masks and gas jackets, as long as we deal with it carefully, it shouldn't be a problem." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "Then I will immediately inform Brigade Commander Zhao and let him be careful!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Okay! ”

Now that the telephone line is still open, Chief of Staff Zhou quickly got in touch with Brigadier Zhao Yunxiang. Brigade Commander Zhao was anxious when he heard this, and said, "What? Gas! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou comforted: "Don't panic too much, the terrain on the river beach is open and the wind is strong, as long as you wear anti-poison equipment and then wear anti-gas clothing, there should be no problem!" ”

Brigade Commander Zhao hurriedly said: "Counselor, but we are in a hurry to cross the river, and we have traveled lightly all the way, and we haven't brought the anti-poison bag here!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou was shocked when he heard this, and said, "What! (To be continued......)

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