Chen Han, commander of the Second Brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps of the Independent Division, was ordered to report to the office of the division commander Tang Qiuli.

From Chen Han's heart, he still cherishes this opportunity to be directly under the command of the division commander, all the troops of the independent division, there are dozens of brigade commanders alone, except for a few lucky ones, the one who can fight under the direct command of the division commander, if it is on the battlefield fighting with the Japanese army, Chen Han will definitely shout Long live, but this time, he does not feel that he is directly lucky.

As soon as Chen Han entered Tang Qiuli's office, he immediately accepted the posture of the combat mission, and said loudly: "Report to the division commander, Chen Han, the commander of the second brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, has been ordered to come, please ask the division commander to instruct," A gentle smile appeared on Tang Qiuli's face, he liked the generals of all units very much, and they had such a spiritual outlook.

"Brigade Commander Chen is here, please take a seat," he greeted, as soon as Chen Han's ass sat down, he hurriedly asked: "Division Commander, is our brigade going to be rebuilt, Commander Feng is really, don't reveal it in advance," Tang Qiuli glanced at Chen Han carefully, and found that this guy was eager to try, and said: "Chen Han, who said that your brigade was going to be rebuilt?" ”

Chen Han was stunned for a moment, looked at the division commander puzzled, Tang Qiuli continued: "I called you here today, there is a new mission, I have decided to let you serve as the commander of the Guangdong Provincial Garrison, your second brigade, withdraw from the battle sequence of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, and change to a local garrison force, how about it?" ”

When Chen Han heard this, he was anxious, blushing and saying loudly: "Division commander." Is it because our second brigade is not good at combat effectiveness, or is I, the brigade commander, incompetent, how did I change from a field unit to a local unit? Tang Qiuli didn't speak, just quietly looked at the angry Chen Han.

Under the gaze of the division commander, Chen Han became timid, but he was still muttering in his mouth. "Why did a good field brigade become a local unit. Why don't you let Niu Shuangquan's Eighth Brigade be adapted? Tang Qiuli's face turned pale, and he said: "Okay, Chen Han, don't be aggrieved, the burden of this Guangdong Provincial Garrison Commander is not light, not only to maintain local law and order. I also have to take on the task of transforming 70,000 or 80,000 Cantonese troops, and I don't care about changing someone else, if you don't see Chen Han's ability. ”

Chen Han knew that this matter could not be pushed down no matter what, so he stood up and said loudly: "Yes." Division commander, I promise to complete the mission," Tang Qiuli continued: "In a few months, Guangdong Province will become the rear of all our troops. In addition, I transferred a group of people from the Dingbian Military Academy to set up the Guangzhou Branch, and the school site was selected at the Huangpu Military Academy, vigorously recruiting knowledgeable young people to enroll, and in addition, I gave you a secret mission. Monitor the movements of the Guangdong Provincial Government, and I will ask Shen Jun to transfer a batch of personnel from the Investigation Department to you. That's easy. ”

Seeing Chen Han away, Tang Qiuli fell into deep thought. Although he has the power of Guangdong Province, whether it is the power of the original Chen Jitang or the power of Yu Hanmou, it is not something that can be cleared up in a short period of time, and these are all unstable factors, so the military power of Guangdong Province cannot be handed over to Xiao Hanqian, which is also a kind of constraint.

Thinking of Yu Hanmou, Tang Qiuli's heart couldn't help but appear Liu Xinlan's figure, this shadow is lingering, haunting in his heart and mind all the time, he didn't dare to face it, and it was unforgettable, just when the mountain tiger came in, he asked: "Huzi, how is that Miss Liu?" ”

Shanhu glanced at him, shook his head a little helplessly, and said, "You asked, that Miss Liu, I was going to come to you early this morning, and I was stopped by my subordinates on the grounds that Guangzhou is not very safe at present, how about it, to see or not to see?" Tang Qiuli lowered his head, looking very painful, and said for a long time: "Huzi, you go and tell her in person, it's better not to see each other, I won't see her, from today onwards, the protective measures for her will be revoked." ”

sighed again and said: "It's just a dream after all, why bother yourself, seeing her caused too many memories to make me more painful, in addition, give her 10,000 oceans, don't say I sent it, and if she doesn't want to stay in Guangzhou, you can introduce her to Dingbian, so be it," Shanhu thinks about it, there is no too good way, to be honest, Shanhu doesn't want to see Liu Xinlan either, the reason is the same as Tang Qiuli, causing too many painful memories.

Just as he was about to go out, Shanhu hesitated and said: "Just now, Mei Xue came to me and asked what happened last night, I didn't tell her about Liu Xinlan," Tang Qiuli didn't react, his eyes were confused, maybe, after making this decision, there will be no chance to meet Liu Xinlan in this life, and for Mei Xue, it's good to not know this episode.

In the afternoon, Wang Longyun of Yunnan sent an urgent telegram, "Vice Chairman Tang Xun Jian, at about 6 a.m. on 23 June, the Japanese army, with two divisions of about 60,000 troops, launched a fierce attack on the Funing line in the border area of Yunnan and Guizhou. ”

Long Yun is very smart and very sensible, although he has more than 200,000 troops in his hands, he can have the weapons and equipment of the Yunnan army, the training level, against more than 60,000 Japanese troops, the odds of victory are not great, and besides, Long Yun has worked hard to run Yunnan for many years, and he has accumulated so much family foundation, he doesn't want to consume all of them in a death battle with the Japanese army, if this is the case, Long Yun will have no place in Yunnan, and he will not be driven out by other powerful factions, so he will extend a helping hand to Tang Qiuli.

The Japanese army's attack route in Yunnan confirmed Tang Qiuli's judgment, which was intended to seize the junction between the Yunnan border and Southeast Asian countries and establish an outpost position to attack Southeast Asia.

Soldiers, for the time being, will not be sent, where is Long Yun, should also give a reassurance, "Chairman Long, the Japanese army attacked Yunnan, intended to open up the border areas of Yunnan-Burma and Yunnan-Vietnam, and the connection with the mainland, the Yunnan army troops, can not be compared with the Japanese army, if the Japanese army invades Kunming in the north, Chairman Long may as well give up, retreat to the northern Yunnan area, preserve strength, I am mobilizing troops, forming a force to aid Yunnan, involving a lot of manpower and material resources, in a short period of time, can not form an army, here, the Yunnan army is not to fight with the Japanese army as a safe, of course, just Tang's personal construction, Please consider it. ”

I don't know what the king of Yunnan thought after seeing Tang Qiuli's telegram, if he wanted to fight hard with the Japanese in order to keep his own territory, Tang Qiuli's mind had been fulfilled, and how to do it was Long Yun's own business.

On the morning of 24 June, Chang Feng sent another telegram, "Division commander, it has now been ascertained that the 15th Army of the Japanese Army's Fengwen Department attacking the direction of Dushan is the 15th Army of the Japanese Army's Fengwen Division, attacking the direction of Ziyun, the Japanese Army's Nanning Front Army's Iijima Kenji Division, and attacking the Guanling direction is the Oshima Imasaburo Division of the Japanese Army's Taiwan Front. ”

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli was taken aback, with the strong strength of the Central Army in southern Qiannan, Dushan should not have been broken through so quickly, the Japanese army attacking from three ways had the least number of troops under the mountain, but the speed of attack was the fastest, the terrain conditions of Dushan were much more complicated than Ziyun and Guanling, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it was the first to be captured, not normal, there is an evil sect in this?

"Immediately send a telegram to Changfeng and quickly find out the direction of Dushan, who is the commander of the defenders of the Central Army?" Tang Qiuli hurriedly ordered, and a few hours later, Chang Feng called back, "Division commander, it has been ascertained that the commander of the defenders of the Central Army in the direction of Dushan is General Liu Zhi," Tang Qiuli put his ass on the chair, and almost groaned in pain.

As far as he knows, the Central Army troops in the Dushan direction have at least two group armies of more than 150,000 people, and they have the advantage of geographical advantages, so why can't they resist the attack of Fengwen under the mountain, it turns out that Liu Zhi is the commander.

About Liu Zhi, Tang Qiuli has not seen many times, but he has also dealt with a few times, the farthest time, is after the Xi'an Incident, when he served as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Bandits, at that time, Liu Zhi served as the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, and even the division commander under his command could not be restrained well, although the status of this duke in the central army is high, but he has no achievements, his talent and mediocrity, and he is nicknamed "Fu General" by his peers in the army, "Even in history, whether it is in the War of Resistance against Japan or in the two civil wars with **, this duke has never won a battle."

But he has always been trusted and reused by Chairman Jiang, and has repeatedly held the power of the army, and every time he is defeated, he can miraculously lead the troops, which has become a mystery that later historians do not solve, Tang Qiuli secretly complained in his heart, "Is Chairman Jiang dizzy, sending such a mediocre and incompetent senior general to serve as the commander of a main direction, there are so many generals in the Central Army, for example, Wei Lihuang, Du Yuming, Xue Yue, no matter which one comes out, it will not let Huishanxia Fengwen succeed so lightly." ”

But Chairman Jiang just sent such a person, like a dough, can he stand up to the sword of Yamashita Fengwen, who is known for his fierceness? Tang Qiuli was worried and worried about the situation in Dushan in southern Qiannan in Guangzhou, and had already captured Dushan, and was commanding more than 90,000 Japanese troops who were like tigers and wolves to pounce on Duyun's mountain Fengwen, but he was also dissatisfied and lost his temper.

There is only one reason, Yamashita Fengwen believes that the speed of the army's attack is too slow, according to his plan, the vanguard of the 15th Army, at this moment, should appear in the Longli area in the east of Guiyang, instead of the small city full of rubble behind him.