In fact, when Hu Weidong made this decision, not to mention Zhang Hao, even Su Yu and Gao Jingting were incomprehensible, because everyone knew that Hu Lian was strong and weak, so wouldn't it be chaotic to let him attack the main attack? However, Hu Weidong had his own considerations, and what he was most worried about in this battle was not that he would not be able to win the 6th Division, but that he was even more afraid that the 6th Division would retreat due to the transfer of the base camp in the middle of the battle, or even as soon as the battle began, in that case, it would be difficult to achieve the goal of completely annihilating the 6th Division. Although Hu Lian could not attack, his ability to force the army was among the best in the 15th Army, and once the enemy was bitten by him, it was not so easy to get rid of it, and among the division commanders, he was the most familiar with railway troop transportation, which was even more important in a sense.

Moreover, Hu Weidong also carefully analyzed Hu Lian's past combat examples, and he believed that Hu Lian was not so much not good at attacking, but rather paid too much attention to self-preservation (Note 1), lacking a little "even if more people die, as long as they can destroy more enemies, it is not a loss." That is to say, Hu Lian's failure to attack is not a lack of ability, but a bad habit (in fact, it can't be said that it must be bad, but it is not a bad thing to change the style.) So he deliberately put a burden on him, hoping to force out his potential. And even if Hu Lian's battle can't be changed, Hu Weidong also has a back move, you must know that Peng Xuefeng and Luo Fatzi are both fierce generals who are good at attacking.

Because of Hu Weidong's prestige in the army, although everyone did not understand, they still accepted this arrangement. Because it was only said at the Lanzhou Conference that in the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines would be the mainstay, but now it suddenly wants to fight a big battle. Hu Weidong was worried that the central authorities would not agree, and it was not until a unified opinion was reached within Hu Weidong that Hu Weidong reported the battle to the central authorities, and also pointed out the bad deeds of the 6th Division. Destroy them all. ”

After seeing this telegram, Hu Weidong was very relieved, and immediately conveyed this telegram to the division and brigade level of the whole army, and ordered murderously. "This time our enemies were a bunch of humanoid beasts, not eligible for prisoner of war treatment, and the chairman said 'all of them'. That is, we should destroy them all, leave not one behind, and take no prisoners! ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Even though some people felt that this did not seem to be the work of the Red Party, since the Taizu who first proposed the preferential treatment of prisoners said that they would not keep prisoners, they had nothing to say.

After the meeting, Hu Weidong said a few words to Hu Lian, "I believe in the strength of you and the 94th Division, but it is not difficult to win this battle, and the key is not to let the enemy run away." According to the latest intelligence. The Japanese base camp intends to transfer the 6th Division to the Songhu battlefield, so you must be fast, so they don't have time to retreat! ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" , Hu Lian immediately stood up and saluted and said that more than a year after joining the Red Army. His original habit of speaking in a somewhat polite manner has gradually changed, and he has become more and more like a senior military commander of a legitimate people's army.

In order to prevent leaks, Hu Weidong did not inform the authorities in advance, but personally went to Zhengzhou to meet with Shang Zhen, and only informed him of the incident, so that he could immediately control all the railway sections under his jurisdiction. Dedicate all capacity to troop transport. Shang Zhen knew that the stakes were high as soon as he heard this, and he did not dare to question Hu Weidong's seemingly overly cautious approach, but honestly suspended all the Zhengzhou-Shijiazhuang sections of the Pinghan Line and the Zhengzhou-Luoyang section of the Longhai Line in his jurisdiction, and handed over all the wagons to the 15th Army to transport troops, and at the same time informed Song Zheyuan in Shijiazhuang according to Hu Weidong's instructions, saying that his 32nd Army would go north for reinforcements and asked them to cooperate at that end.

It is worth mentioning that the Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge is a railway bridge, and a large number of cars of the 15 th Army (tanks and other armored vehicles could have been transported by rail) could only be transported across the Yellow River by ferry, but Hu Weidong had already expected this, and after returning from abroad, he had the equipment conditions, and immediately changed some of the original wagons into special double-decker transport car trains, although the number was not large, but it was much more convenient and faster than relying on ferries before, and the safety was relatively high. …,

Because of this, the Second Infantry Regiment of the 94th Division of the 15th Army, as the vanguard, did not have to worry about the supply being unable to keep up, and the regiment commander Yang Botao became more and more confident, and after getting off the train, he learned that the devil's forward troops had reached Zhengding, and immediately led the troops north to rescue without saying a word, but the two staff officers of the 29th Army sent by Song Zheyuan to greet him were left there

"When did the 32nd Army become so bullish, it's just a small regiment commander," Staff Officer A muttered angrily.

Staff Officer B felt that something was wrong, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly slapped his thigh, and was about to open his mouth but suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly lowered his body and whispered to Staff Officer A, "They are not the 32nd Army, they should be Red Bandits, oh no, they are the 15th Army of the Red Party, just now I noticed their rifles, I have never seen them like this before, the shape is neither German nor Japanese, but it is a little like the Russian rifles I have seen before, it seems that the Red Party has got good equipment from the Soviets."

"Well, that's true. These 15 armies claimed to have entered Zhongtiao Mountain, but they suddenly came here, there must be a major military operation, and they are going to fight devils, so let's help them hide it for a while. Staff Officer A nodded in agreement.

"As it should be, as it should be." , Staff Officer B also nodded and said, they may not have the courage to fight with the devil, but for the heroic troops who really resist Japan, if they can help, they will still try to help, but the 29 officers and soldiers who were still fighting in the Great Wall War of Resistance a few years ago lost the courage to fight with the devil? When both of them thought of this, they didn't feel a little bitter in their hearts

In order to rush to Zhengding as soon as possible, Yang Botao did not dare to stop the rapid march along the way, but the first victory of the Red Party in the all-out war of resistance had already been won by the Eighth Route Army, and even the good start of the 15th Army did not take their turn

Note 1: In fact, the same problem exists, but the enemy fought during the Red Army period often has a weak will to fight, and does not need to cause too much absolute damage to defeat the enemy, and in the later period, because Higashino is already strong, he is the commander of the army, can lead the deployment of the entire theater of operations, and create opportunities to attack the weak locally, so this weakness is not so obvious, and if it is a general who acts according to orders, this weakness is more obvious. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )