The officers and men of the special battalion of a detachment who were proficient in Japanese, pretending to be a liaison soldier of Nomura Nakasa, who had previously infiltrated the New Second Army, successfully entered the big house in the middle of Xiyuan Mountain Village.

The old and young members of the Wu family, who were kidnapped here, together with dozens of people in the village, became the targets of the devil soldiers to practice bayonets. The corpses were either tied to a wooden frame or nailed to the wall, and there were holes everywhere in the body, and those women, young and old, were unclothed, and it seemed that they knew that Lu Dao had been humiliated for a long time before dying with hatred.

With sky-high anger, eleven officers and soldiers killed six devil soldiers and one lieutenant officer in the mansion, and then seized the gate, desperately resisted the counterattack of the Japanese troops stationed in the village, and received the large army into the village. About 80 or so devil soldiers in the village were quickly wiped out, and the officers and men of the new 2nd Army saw the evil created by the devils, and did not have the slightest joy after victory, and with a heavy heart, they untied the corpses nailed to the wooden frame and wall.

The sound of a gun is an order.

At the moment when the guns rang out in the village, the officers and men of the special service battalion and the special battalion under the guard regiment, armed with Suomi submachine guns, swooped down from the top of Yindongjian Mountain, like a tiger out of a cage, invincible. They worked in groups of three, and after firing a magazine of bullets, they dodged to the side, and the officers and soldiers who followed behind rushed up with submachine guns, and the rain of bullets fired fiercely at the devil soldiers.

The Japanese troops near the top of the mountain were stunned by the sudden attack and fled down the mountain.

A devil lieutenant picked up a pistol and killed a fleeing devil soldier, shouting angrily: "Eight grid tooth road, kill those who break away from the battle without permission!" Quick, fight back with me! ”

The Japanese lieutenant, with a crooked machine gun in his hand, was about to lead his men to launch a counter-charge against the guard regiment, but before he could take two steps, a dense burst of bullets swept over him, knocking him into a sieve, and his whole body was covered in blood, and he fell to the ground and rolled down the hillside.

"Yaga! Shoot back, shoot! ”

The Japanese captain who remained behind brandished his saber in a vain attempt to direct the troops to block the attack.

At the same time, the riflemen also found a hiding place and began to shoot coldly, but at this time, the light and heavy machine gun positions and mortar positions on the top of the hill began to exert their might, and a dense rain of bullets poured down on the Japanese troops, and for a time the artillery roared and the smoke of gunpowder bursted.

"Bang-"

A crisp gunshot rang out, and the Japanese captain who was commanding the troops clutched his chest, lowered his head in disbelief, and a burst of blood gushed out of his open chest, and then he rolled over and fell into a mess of rocks.

Behind a huge rock, a Japanese machine gunner held a light machine gun with a crooked handle, pulled the trigger, and the bullet **** went away, knocking a soldier of the special service battalion of the New Second Army who could not dodge to the ground, but before he could grin, two grenades fell from the sky, and in the explosion of "boom", the fire burst out, and the devil machine gunner shook twice, and immediately spat blood and lay on the handle of the gun to die.

The entire encirclement and suppression operation went extremely smoothly.

Relying on the powerful firepower of the Suomi submachine gun, light and heavy machine guns and mortars to suppress the formation, and there were snipers in the attack, just like chopping melons and vegetables, the officers and soldiers of the New Second Army killed the devil to the ground.

After the officers who commanded the battle were killed one by one, the Japanese army could no longer organize a strong counterattack, and the rest of the troops were routed down the mountain.

Han Tiecheng's 1st Brigade, Fan Daoquan's 2nd Brigade, and Jin Yonghe's 6th Brigade had already set up a pocket formation at the foot of the mountain.

The oncoming devil soldiers touched this copper wall, and the dense rain of bullets directly knocked down the devils one by one, and the remaining devils scattered and jumped everywhere in the mountains.

Seeing that the devils were defeated, Han Tiecheng left a battalion to defend the position, rushed out of the trench with an arrow step, raised his pistol to the sky is a shot, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me and kill the devil!" ”

Han Tiecheng's figure rushed out of the city with a move, and the officers and soldiers shouted to follow.

This scene happened at the same time in the defensive positions of the other two brigades, and the commander of the second brigade, Fan Daoquan, and the commander of the sixth brigade, Jin Yonghe, also led their troops and rushed towards the devils who were like flies without their heads.

At this moment, the fate of the devils in the encirclement is already doomed!

Under the attack of the guard regiment, the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Brigade and the 6th Brigade, the devils were killed and wounded one after another, and from the beginning to the end of the battle, in less than an hour, the Japanese troops were completely annihilated.

After checking the corpses of the devils, Lu Kuiyuan found Han Tiecheng and Fan Daoquan, and asked a little strangely, "Have you found it?" There are only more than 500 devils here, and the number is not right! ”

"yes, we're talking about it!" Han Tiecheng's face was not good-looking.

Fan Daoquan thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, let's find an injured devil soldier and ask!" Anyway, the officers and men of the special battalion have all participated in the battle this time, and they are not afraid of language barriers. ”

"You don't have to ask!"

Jin Yonghe, who came over, said to the three of them: "I have already asked someone...... Yesterday evening, Shi Kang Shaozuo, the commander of the Japanese army who stayed here, seemed to have a premonition, carefully selected more than 200 people from more than 800 Japanese troops, and took them south with the traitor Fang Zhen! They took almost all the good weapons with them. ”

"What?"

Lu Kuiyuan and the others were shocked, and Han Tiecheng asked anxiously, "Where did they go?" ”

"This-I don't know the way, because the devils who stayed behind don't know the way themselves!" Jin Yonghe sighed and waved his hand helplessly.

"It's broken!"

Lu Kuiyuan slapped his thigh, very anxious.

"What's broken?" A few people blurted out.

"Lao Jiang's life and death are our business...... But the military seat wants to send Lao Jiang to the plane, if these devils set up an ambush along the Qumao Highway to intercept it, it is likely to injure the military seat by mistake! The guard regiment was almost emptied, and there was only the guard battalion next to the military seat, and I don't know if he would bring it with him...... If something happens to the military seat, our new second army will be finished! ”

Lu Kuiyuan was extremely anxious, and immediately called the herald to give the order for the whole regiment to assemble.

Fan Daoquan grabbed Jin Yonghe: "Old Jin, you hurry up and notify the military department!" Let the military seat bring more people, and you must ensure that the military seat is absolutely safe! ”

Jin Yonghe smiled bitterly: "It's late...... The military department called back and said that the military seat had sent the chairman out of Maoliangwu and was now rushing to Quzhou Airport! ”

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The convoy headed for Quzhou Airport, and the safety of the entire contingent was the responsibility of the Chief's Guard.

In a small car at the back, Chiang Kai-shek and Wu Ming sat in the back seat, and the atmosphere in the carriage was a little heavy.

"Wu Ming, since the Battle of Songhu, the **** departments have been defeated in successive battles, and the plastered lands of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and even the mausoleum of the former prime minister has not been saved...... I am truly worthy of the entrustment of the former Prime Minister! Remembering the current terrible situation, Chiang Kai-shek looked sad.

Wu Mingzhi said that Chiang Kai-shek was distressed about the loss of his descendants' troops, so he could only pretend to comfort him: "The chairman of the committee does not have to blame himself, the war is a contest of comprehensive national strength, after half a century of development after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the national strength has long surpassed that of our country, and the previous defeat is excusable!" ”、

"However, we are not without gains, after the Battle of Songhu and the Conservative War of Nanjing, although we suffered successive defeats, but in the end we beat the morale of the Chinese people, and also made the crazy clamor of the Japanese 'destroy China in three months' reduced to a joke! In particular, after the Nanjing Massacre was exposed, European and American countries began to condemn the Japanese government and military and discussed an economic blockade against Japan. ”

"The so-called unrighteous have little help, and those who have attained the Tao have much help. I believe that under the wise leadership of the chairman, sooner or later we will drive the Japanese devils out of our land! ”

"Well said, I feel much more comfortable listening to your words." Wu Ming's words were not nutritious at all, but Chiang Kai-shek still smiled with relief and asked: "Now the Japanese army is attacking the north and south of Xuzhou, and the Supreme Command is very distressed. Wu Ming, as one of the best generals in ****, how do you think the Battle of Xuzhou should be fought? ”

"Ah...... The major affairs of the party and the state, how dare you talk nonsense in a humble position! Wu Ming hurriedly excused himself.

"Wu Ming, your new Second Army has performed brilliantly on the Songhu battlefield, and has repeatedly suggested to me, which shows that you still have strategic vision. There are only the two of us here, so you can tell me your views on the war in Xuzhou. Li Delin called me to tell me that he wanted to transfer you to the Fifth War Zone as chief of staff, but I refused. But you must tell me your opinion on the war in Xuzhou, and you must not hide your secrets! ”

Chiang Kai-shek's attitude was very sincere, and he put on a polite and virtuous corporal.

Wu Ming saw that he couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to say: "At present, the Japanese army is at the top of its edge, and fighting to the death will only cause us heavy losses, so I think we should adopt a new type of tactics." Wu Ming paused, waiting for Chiang Kai-shek to savor it.

"Good!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "You keep talking!" ”

"The simple positional defensive operations we have adopted in the past are not the best strategy, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are fertile and flat, unobstructed. Under these circumstances, we adopted a passive defense, which, while succeeding in arousing the alarm of the European powers against Japan's ambitions, also allowed us to lose our troops and be strategically passive. ”

Wu Ming glanced at Chiang Kai-shek carefully, and saw that he was not angry, so he continued: "Now away from the big city, there is no need to do it anymore!" We should adopt a new policy of offensive defense, that is, closely integrate the defensive posture of positional warfare with the offensive of movement warfare and the attack and harassment of guerrilla warfare. ”

"In the area of the pre-selected battlefield, hold the position with a part of the forces, attract and deplete the enemy; guerrilla behind enemy lines with a part of the force, disrupt communications, harass strongholds, and contain the enemy; The main force corps should make a detour to the enemy's flank and carry out a powerful attack, so as to change the internal line of operations into external operations and strive for the initiative in passivity. ”

"How do you think the battle in Xuzhou should be conducted?" Chiang Kai-shek asked.

Wu Ming thought for a while and said: "According to my analysis, the Chinese and Japanese armies will break out in an unprecedentedly fierce battle in the area of Taierzhuang in the northeast of Xuzhou, at that time, one part can hold the position, attract and consume the enemy from the front, and the other part will attack from the flank, cut off the Jinpu Road, and then order the main army to cut off the Japanese army from each other, and carry out a powerful flank attack on the Japanese army in Taierzhuang." ”

At the same time, the troops in charge of positional operations could not all be put into defense, but should hold Taierzhuang with one unit, and the other troops should be attached to the east and west sides of the city, and constantly organize frontal or flank counterattacks, so that the Japanese army must often divide its forces to respond to the battle, and it is impossible to concentrate on attacking Taierzhuang with all its strength. In this way, the Japanese army will definitely be able to deal a head-on blow, and may even achieve a great victory. ”

"Taierzhuang?"

Chiang Kai-shek lowered his head and tried to think about Wu Ming's opinion.

Suddenly, there was a violent explosion in front of the convoy, and the driver slammed on the brakes, accompanied by a huge momentum, Chiang Kai-shek and Wu Ming directly hit the front seat.

Officers and men of the Chairman's Guard, heavily armed and armed with Thomson submachine guns, jumped out of the trucks leading the way ahead and quickly found cover to check the surrounding scene. A group of officers and men rushed to Chiang Kai-shek's car and surrounded the entire car.

Suddenly, there was another explosion.

The ground of the highway burst into flames, and steel and rock fragments flew in all directions, blowing up the running officers and soldiers to the ground, and the entire convoy was suddenly thrown into chaos......