After careful consideration, the commander of the theater, Li Zongyao, and Bai Wenqing decided to abandon the Xuzhou guard and evacuate Xuzhou immediately.

Li Zongyao cleared his throat, Huo Ran stood up and announced: "Colleagues, the Japanese army poured ten main divisions and regiments, and they came to surround my Xuzhou on all sides, in order to save the main force of our 5th theater, I decided to take the initiative to abandon Xuzhou and implement a strategic transfer ......."

As soon as Li Zongyao finished speaking, Bai Wenqing stood up again and said: "I agree with Chief Li's evacuation of Xuzhou, if you have different suggestions and opinions, you can put them forward!" ”

"Chief Li, Chief Bai, we have no objection!!"

The officers and generals of the headquarters stood up one after another in response, and all of them agreed to avoid the large forces of the Japanese army and implement a strategic shift.

The strategic evacuation plan has been finalized, but how and where to evacuate the hundreds of thousands of troops in the 5th theater is a big problem.

Bai Wenqing saw that the generals had no objections, and immediately said to Li Hong: "Advisor Li, there is a blockade in the Xuzhou area that is not up to the Japanese army, and the strategic transfer of our army is a big problem, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Li Hong thought for a while, and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are hundreds of thousands of main forces in our 5th Theater of Operations, and the goal of so many troops to evacuate together is too big, and our army wants to avoid the ground interception and air blockade of the Japanese army, so we can only break through to the mountainous areas on the border between Henan and Anhui. ”

While making careful analysis and suggestions, Li Hong picked up the baton and pointed to the border between Henan and Anhui on the map.

The generals moved their eyes to the map at the same time, and the location of the map was the mountainous forest area on the border between Henan and Anhui.

The mountainous terrain is complex, the mountains are endless, it is easy to hide large troops, and the mountains can use the terrain to ambush.

As long as the large force of the national army enters the mountainous area, it will not be so easy for the devils to pursue and intercept it.

Soon, Li Zongyao, commander of the theater of operations, made up his mind on the spot, and he ordered all troops to break through to the mountainous areas on the border of Henan and Anhui.

The Japanese commander is not a fool, once the empty city of Xuzhou is captured, a large number of fighters will be dispatched to pursue and intercept the large army of the national army, so someone must hold on to Xuzhou City, block more of the enemy's main force, and buy time for the transfer of large forces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our security regiment is willing to stay in Xuzhou to guard and buy time for the transfer of large troops......"

In order to take into account the overall situation, Li Hong took the initiative to propose that the security regiment should guard Xuzhou City, drag the main force of the Japanese army, and cover the withdrawal of the large army.

All the generals in the command were silent, and they cast admiring glances at Li Hong, and even Li Zongyao and Bai Wenqing admired Li Hong very much.

Everyone present understood that the Japanese army had gathered nearly 10 divisions and 200,000 troops, and whoever stayed in the Xuzhou area to block the Japanese army would be a dead end.

Li Hong's security regiment suffered many soldiers after the battle of Taierzhuang, and although the war zone replenished the security regiment, the number of the whole regiment was only about 5,000.

The Japanese army had 200,000 troops, and the security regiment had only 5,000 troops, and the ratio of soldiers between the two sides was 1 to 40.

Although the combat effectiveness of the security regiment is terrifying, the number of Japanese troops is too large, and whoever fights this blocking battle will be sent to death as cannon fodder to put it bluntly.

Knowing that he would die for a lifetime, Li Hong still stayed in Xuzhou to cover the withdrawal of the troops, looking at the major war zones, who has the courage and courage of Li Hong?

Everyone was silent for a few minutes, and was impressed by Li Hong's righteousness, and then all the generals stood up and saluted Li Hong in unison to show their admiration.

Li Hong returned a military salute to the generals, and said in a righteous and arrogant manner: "I, Li Hong, as a soldier, should focus on the overall situation, for the sake of the 5th War Zone, and for the sake of the military and civilians of the whole country, I Li Hong and my brothers in the security regiment die without regrets......

In fact, neither Li Zongyao nor Bai Wenqing wanted the security regiment to stick to Xuzhou, the security regiment was the strongest combat regiment in the 5th Theater, and no commander wanted to sacrifice such a unit.

Of course, in addition to the security regiment, if other troops are replaced to guard Xuzhou, the city will definitely be destroyed, and the security regiment guarding Xuzhou to block the enemy army may have a glimmer of life to break through the encirclement.

Li Zongyao saw that Li Hong insisted on insisting, so he had to comply with Li Hong's wishes, leaving the Japanese army in the security regiment to cover the transfer of the large army.

Afterwards, the generals sat down and began to discuss the deployment of the transferred march.

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Two hours later, the meeting on the strategic transfer of the 5th theater of operations ended.

The generals of the 5th Theater of Operations were busy preparing for the withdrawal.

After coming out of the headquarters, Li Hong did not return to the security regiment, but went directly to the Xuzhou Army Hospital to visit Ouyang Jinglan.

This time, Li Hong went to the hospital to see Ouyang Jinglan, not just a visit between friends, but something important to discuss with her.

After entering the hospital, Li Hong saw Ouyang Jinglan sitting in the pavilion not far away.

Ouyang Jinglan held a notebook in her hand and took notes seriously, while communicating with several national officers and soldiers.

These national officers and soldiers are all wounded from the front line in Taierzhuang, and Ouyang Jinglan is interviewing these officers and soldiers to learn about the war on the front line.

Because of her physical injury, Ouyang Jinglan was unable to go to the front line to witness this Taierzhuang victory, and she felt very sorry that she did not shoot and record this exciting historical moment.

In addition to being an agent, Ouyang Jinglan is more interested in being a reporter, understanding the current military situation and warfare, and then writing some materials to do a little bit of reporting on inspiring the military and civilians.

During Ouyang Jinglan's hospitalization, she interviewed and questioned many wounded officers and soldiers, and often read newspapers, and learned that Li Hong had become famous in the 5th War Zone and had defeated two divisions of the Japanese army.

Li Hong straightened his military uniform and strode towards the pavilion, and the other officers and soldiers in the pavilion who were cultivating in the pavilion were in awe when they saw Li Hong coming.

"Hello Consultant Lee, Consultant Lee, Consultant Lee......"

Seven or eight officers and men stood up one after another and saluted Li Hong, their eyes full of respect.

Li Hong's previous exploits in the 5th War Zone have already made him famous in the war zone, and the battle of Taierzhuang has made Li Hong's reputation reach a height comparable to that of the commanders in the war zone.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the entire 5th Theater, Li Hong's reputation is no less than that of the commander of the theater, and there is almost no one in the officers and soldiers of all departments, from the general to the soldiers, who do not know Li Hong's face.

Li Hong returned the salute and said with a smile: "Brothers, you have been injured for the country, you have worked hard!" ”

Li Hong's sudden appearance surprised Ouyang Jinglan, and then, she turned to look at Li Hong, her eyebrows stretched, and her mood suddenly became much brighter.

"Consultant Li, I didn't expect to see you for many days, you have created a battlefield story in Taierzhuang, you are worthy of the undefeated god of war, no, it should be a female male god......"

Ouyang Jinglan joked, stretched out her hand and shook Li Hong's hand.

(End of chapter)