Chapter 1131: Follow me as a staff officer

The battle of Degang was undecided, and the new commander of the Japanese army's middle route troops, Major General Nakazawa, was insidious and cunning, and put in the strength of a company of the first brigade, besieged but not attacked, and then, Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the first brigade without consideration, rashly threw in a battalion and two companies, and the result was the same.

Chu Ziye, the commander of the Sixth Brigade, who was in charge of this direction with the First Brigade, persuaded the brigade commander Liu Hongzhang a few words, but he did not expect it, which led to Liu Hongzhang's anger, and Chu Ziye and Liu Hongzhang, who were not to be outdone, quarreled on the spot.

When Tang Qiuli rushed to the entrance of the canyon, far away, he heard a loud quarrel, and he was angry at that time, more than forty minutes have passed, you Liu Hongzhang is not actively trying to find a way, but has the leisure to quarrel, and in front of so many subordinates, a typical arrogant soldier.

As soon as Tang Qiuli said this, Liu Hongzhang and Chu Ziye had a cold war in their hearts, and they couldn't even hear the movement of the division commander, so it was better to shoot them in the head, which was quite a big movement, and they died down at that time, and the two of them stood up and saluted together, "Division commander!" ”

Tang Qiuli didn't return the salute, nor did he speak, but just looked at the two major generals and brigade commanders with flushed faces, that kind of invisible coercion, so that the two generals who had fought with the Japanese for seven or eight years, and had seen the scene of artillery fire and corpses and a sea of blood, couldn't help but tremble in their legs and stomachs, and their hearts were up and down, dodging Tang Qiuli's compelling gaze.

After looking at it for two minutes, the two brigade commanders were full of sweat before Tang Qiuli asked, "Liu Hongzhang, tell me what the situation is?" Liu Hongzhang didn't dare to hide it, and told him what had happened, but before he finished speaking, Tang Qiuli said angrily: "Stupid, as a senior commander, you actually made such a low-level mistake, have you Liu Hongzhang fought too smoothly in the past few years, huh?" ”

In front of so many subordinates, Tang Qiuli lost his temper with a senior commander for the first time, and his words were harsh, Liu Hongzhang was ashamed, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, Chu Ziye saw the appearance of his old friend, he took a step forward, and said: "Division commander, this can't all be blamed on Brigade Commander Liu, at that time, I was also present, and whoever I changed, I was anxious!" ”

Tang Qiuli glanced at Chu Ziye, and continued to say coldly: "Okay, you Chu Ziye is righteous enough, so if it were you, you would do the same?" Or even throw more troops into it? A high-ranking commander, the slightest mistake on your part will lead thousands of soldiers to shed blood and sacrifice in vain, and the gold star on your shoulders is not the capital of ordinary soldiers that you sacrifice at will! ”

These words are heavy enough, Chu Ziye shrank his neck, the sweat on Liu Hongzhang's face flowed down, Tang Qiuli did not intend to let it go like this, today's incident seems to be accidental, but it has exposed many senior generals of the directly subordinate corps, and some unnoticed shortcomings and faults in their hearts, as Tang Qiuli himself said, in the past few years, the independent division troops have won every battle, and they have fought too smoothly, and they have developed the characteristics of arrogance and arrogance.

He continued: "Zhao Xinfeng's company, surrounded by the Japanese army, was a sudden accident, and the troops that you Liu Hongzhang sent in after that were the result of your arrogance, Lao Tzu the best in the world, and did not use your brains, Zhao Xinfeng, the company commander, has reported the situation truthfully, and you, Liu Hongzhang, as a brigade commander, should be vigilant enough and make a correct judgment." ”

Taking a breath and saying so much in one breath, Tang Qiuli felt that the fire in his heart not only did not dissipate, but became more and more burning, the battle of Degang seemed to be victorious, this part of the Japanese army was just a lingering breath, but the hidden crisis made him feel uneasy, and more than a thousand soldiers surrounded by the Japanese army, Tang Qiuli would never give up without help.

Let him give up the part for the sake of the overall situation, for the sake of the overall situation, and carry out a destructive shelling of the canyon without regard for the lives of more than a thousand soldiers, even if there are many Japanese troops, they are all dead souls under the dense rain of bullets, but can he do it? The answer is obvious, he will definitely not be able to do it, otherwise, this matter will torment him for the rest of his life.

If you can't use the heavy weapons that occupy an absolute advantage, it won't be able to end in a short time to deal with the remnants of the Japanese army in the canyon, but can Ito give himself time to "Xu Tuzhi"? More than 300,000 elite Japanese troops pounced on Degang like wolves, and the purpose of launching the Degang Campaign was to end the battle as quickly as possible before Ito's main Japanese army arrived.

Then, he looked for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army, but the current situation obviously violated his original plan, in order to destroy this Japanese army and let the more than 1,000 soldiers who were surrounded in the canyon stand out, it was necessary to ensure that there was plenty of time, so that the Changfeng troops who did not need to block the Japanese army, and Yu Guanghan's flank troops, had to re-implement the original battle plan.

Two armies. It is necessary to resolutely drag Ito's main force of the Japanese army, not to mention increasing unnecessary casualties, and it will also have an adverse impact on the follow-up battle plan, but Liu Hongzhang and Chu Ziye actually quarreled here, so that the precious time was wasted for more than forty minutes, how could Tang Qiuli not be angry and difficult to suppress.

Speaking of which, Liu Hongzhang and Chu Ziye are already sweating profusely, Chu Ziye is better, Liu Hongzhang is so uncomfortable that he is going to faint, he has been fighting for seven or eight years, and he has never been reprimanded by the division commander like this, to be honest, he has no good ideas in his heart now, otherwise, he would not have quarreled with Chu Ziye impulsively, he is anxious! Surrounded by little devils, are their own brothers.

Liu Hongzhang admitted that the division commander said that he had gone in his heart, whether he underestimated the enemy or ventured, he really did not take the defeated Japanese army in his eyes, "Division commander, the mistake was caused by my brigade commander, please rest assured, after an hour, I will take my brigade to rescue the troops and completely annihilate this cunning little devil," After saying these words, Liu Hongzhang pleaded with a face.

Tang Qiuli still looked coldly at the two major generals and brigade commanders who were standing straight, and then said, "One hour, rescue the troops?" Destroy the remnants of the Japanese army? Liu Hongzhang, let me ask you, do you have any specific combat plan? How to solve this problem without the use of heavy artillery and rocket artillery, how many casualties will the troops pay, have you calculated? No, why can you promise me that in an hour, this problem will be solved? ”

Liu Hongzhang was dumbfounded, he really didn't think about it in such detail, so he thought that if the whole brigade was thrown in, there would be no result? was asked by the division commander like this, he immediately knew that he had made the mistake of being impatient again, and before he could speak, Tang Qiuli continued: "Now it seems that you, the brigade commander, are incompetent, I announce that Liu Hongzhang will be removed from the post of brigade commander, and the chief of staff Ren Zhaoquan will act as the brigade commander, and the post of brigade commander of Chu Ziye will be revoked, and the post of acting brigade commander will be abolished. ”

Whether it was Liu Hongzhang, Chu Ziye, or Chief of Staff Yang Ketian, the mountain tigers who followed, including the chiefs of staff of the two brigades, did not expect that the punishment of the division commander would be so heavy, Yang Ketian wanted to remind Tang Qiuli that the battle was not over yet, and changing generals in battle was a taboo for soldiers, but looking at the face of the division commander, when it came to his mouth, he swallowed it back.

After dealing with the two brigade commanders, Tang Qiuli turned his head and said to Chen Feng, the chief of the communications department: "Director Chen, immediately send a report to Chang Feng and Yu Guanghan, the previous order is revoked, and your department will continue to implement the original blocking plan, but the time to delay the main Japanese army of Ito's department must be more than forty-eight hours, and according to this time limit, report your battle plan to the division commander." ”

After saying these words, Tang Qiu sighed imperceptibly, after this order was issued, Chang Feng, who was in charge of the blocking mission, and Yu Guanghan, who was in charge of the flanking mission, would be under great pressure, they were not facing a flock of sheep, but more than 300,000 armed to the teeth, murderous, and vigorous, and had just solved the tiger and wolf army of more than 400,000 Britons.

Turning around to leave, he turned around and saw two major generals who looked like wooden stakes, funny and angry, and said to Liu Hongzhang: "Come with me, Staff Officer Liu, and you Chu Ziye, use your brains, how should this battle be fought, go back and report the battle plan!" ”

Chief of Staff Yang Ketian grinned, he is a colonel, yes, there is a major general staff officer now, and he is also the commander of the main field brigade, known as Liu Da Loud in the independent division, and now, the staff office is lively.

Liu Hongzhang drooped his head and followed behind Tang Qiuli dejectedly, Ren Zhaoquan chased after him, and just about to speak, Liu Hongzhang squeezed his eyes at him vigorously, looking at the division commander whose face had not yet cleared, Ren Zhaoquan closed his mouth knowingly, Tang Qiu was far away, Chu Ziye breathed a long sigh of relief and wiped the sweat on his face.

said to Ren Zhaoquan: "My mother, I have been with the division commander for five or six years, and it is the first time I have seen him lose such a big temper, looking at the angry posture of the division commander, I am really worried that Lao Liu will be sent to the military justice department, Zhaoquan, you will be responsible first, in a few days, the division commander's anger will disappear, and Lao Liu will still be reinstated, we have to discuss it carefully, how to fight this battle?" Otherwise, the division commander can't pass that level, and I've never seen such a cunning little devil! Still? ”

Tang Qiuli returned to the headquarters and said to Chen Feng, "Immediately go to Chutian and ask what the special operations detachments are operating near Degang, and let all the nearby special operations detachments report to the division command as soon as possible and have important combat missions." ”

"Order Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group, take off all the fighters, immediately join the battlefield in northern Burma, bomb all the bridges and passes on the road from Mengmi to Degang, cooperate with the troops to block the attack, and make every effort to block the northward advance of the main force of the Japanese army, and ensure that the Battle of Degang ends smoothly."

Because of the sudden situation on the Degang battlefield, Tang Qiuli had to take out the next battle plan in advance, which was also a matter of no choice, took a sip of water, looked at Liu Hongzhang, who was uncomfortable beside him, and asked Yang Ketian, chief of staff, "Ketian, Deputy Division Commander Tang in the direction of Xinbo, is there any telegram?" ”

(To be continued)

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