Zhong Yi's order was quickly conveyed.

Bai Chongbei said worriedly: "Ziren, the question now is how to lead the little devil to Changhe Bay?" ”

Zhong Yi's gaze first fell on Bai Chongbei's face, and then on Li Pinxian's face, and said in a deep voice: "Then it depends on whether the Seventh Army and the Thirty-first Army are enough!" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Pinxian said with a frown.

Zhong Yi did not answer immediately, but took the wooden pole from a staff officer, pointed to the sand table and said: "Next, the twelve regiments of the Seventh Army and the twelve regiments of the Thirty-first Army will respectively block the 22nd and 27th divisions of the Japanese army, and constantly adjust their defenses in the process of blocking. ”

"Adjust your defenses?" Li Pinxian said, "How to adjust?" ”

Zhong Yi said: "If the devil's marching route is too far north, strengthen the defense on the north side, too far south, then strengthen the defense on the south side, in short, we must lock other passages and force the little devil to enter Changhe Bay!" ”

"What? You're not kidding, are you? Li Pinxian lost his voice and said, "How can the Seventh Army and the Thirty-first Army alone accomplish such a difficult task?" You can't complete it even if you transfer ten armies! ”

"Chief Li doesn't have to worry!" Zhong Yi said, "The devil's target is 600,000 elites in the entire Dabie Mountain Theater, not the Gui Seventh Army and the 31st Army, so after being blocked by the Gui Army, the Japanese army will most likely choose to take a detour on the premise of having a choice, and will not be tough with the Seventh Army and the 31st Army." ”

"It's just your speculation!" Li Pinxian said, "I must not risk the 60,000 officers and soldiers of the Eleventh Group Army!" Especially taking the risk because of your words! ”

Zhong Yi didn't say anything more, just looked back at Bai Chongbei.

At the beginning, Zhong Yi emphasized to Bai Chongbei that in this battle, if the various factions can't work together, but only think about consuming other families and protecting their own families, then don't fight it as soon as possible.

Bai Chongbei gritted his teeth and said, "Heling, carry out the order!" ”

"Jian Gong ......" Li Pinxian was anxious, and was about to speak when Bai Chongbei interrupted.

Bai Chongbei stretched out his hand to interrupt Li Pinxian and said in a deep voice: "This battle is not only related to the safety of hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the two group armies of our Gui Department, but also related to the life and death of the six or seven hundred thousand officers and men of the national army in the entire Dabie Mountain Theater, and even to the life and death of the entire country and even the entire nation!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "In view of this, even if the Eleventh Army is exhausted, it is worth it!" ”

Li Pinxian sighed lightly when he heard this, and without saying anything more, Zhong Yi immediately turned to the signal corps to give an order.

……

In Nanjing, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

Fair Kuangwu hurriedly walked into the war room and snapped.

"Your Excellency, General!" Fair Kuangwu reported to Shunroku Hatata, "The 22nd Division reports that it has encountered stubborn resistance from the Shina Army in the area of Hutou Rock! ”

"Tiger Head Rock?" Toshiroku Hata, "Where is it?" ”

Fair Kuangwu strode to the sand table and found the direction where Hutou Rock was: "Here!" ”

"Sogaga." Shunroku Hata nodded, and then asked, "How many troops does the Chinese army of Hutouyan have?" ”

"At least one army, more than 30,000 people!" Fair Kuang Wudao, "Judging from the military uniforms and steel helmets of the China Army, it should be the Seventh Army or the Thirty-first Army of the Gui family!" ”

"Katsura's troops?" Shunroku Hata said awe-inspiringly, "This is an army that is not afraid of death!" ”

"Hello!" "Although the command level of the senior generals of this army is poor, the quality of its grassroots officers and soldiers is extremely high!" In the second stage of the Battle of Songhu, it was the Seventh Army of the Gui Department that lined up to launch a decisive charge to the imperial position, and it would never flinch until the last pawn! ”

Hebe Zhengsan said: "Your Excellency General, why don't you eat this army of the Gui family first?" ”

The commander of the aviation regiment, Tadashi Shiga, also said: "Every time this kind of unit that can fight a tough battle is eliminated, the resistance of Shina will be weakened by one point!" The possibility of a final settlement of the China incident will also increase by one point! ”

"No, it's not the best time!" Shunroku Hata waved his hand and said, "The top priority is to eliminate the main force of Shina!" What's more, as long as the 22nd Division and the 27th Division can arrive at Hankou in time as planned, this army of the Gui system will not be able to escape, and will be surrounded and annihilated! ”

After a pause, Shunroku Hahata said again: "Call the 22nd Division immediately, don't pay attention to the enemy in front of you, since the passage of Hutouyan is obstructed, then take the ...... to the south instead"

Hebian Zhengsan immediately rushed to say: "Wuyun Village." ”

"Soga!" Shunroku Hata said happily, "Just go to the dark cloud village in the south instead!" And in this way, the 27th Division can be closer and more secure! ”

……

In Macheng, the headquarters of the war zone governor.

Bai Chongbei was pacing back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back.

Since the battle of Hutou Rock began, Bai Chongbei's heart began to rise.

The Seventh Army, which sticks to the front line of Hutouyan, is the leading unit of the Gui family!

In the second phase of the Battle of Songhu, the Seventh Army had already suffered a heavy loss, and more than 10,000 daredevils were all killed, which seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the Seventh Army.

If it suffers another defeat this time, the Seventh Army will really be injured.

As the No. 2 person in the Xingui family, Bai Chongbei certainly didn't want the Seventh Army to break his bones.

At this time, another signal soldier hurriedly walked into the war room and walked to Zhong Yi.

The eyes of Bai Chongbei, Li Pinxian, Luo Zhengying and others fell on the signal soldiers.

The signal corpsman said loudly: "Director, the 170th Division reports that the Japanese army has given up the attack on Hutou Rock and has turned to the direction of Wuyunzhai in the south!" ”

Hearing this, Bai Chongbei couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Pinxian, Luo Zhengying, Yu Jishi, Sun Lianzhong and others looked at Zhong Yi sideways, but they didn't expect this kid to really be frightened, the devil really didn't entangle with the Seventh Army in Hutou Rock, but as if he had discussed it with Zhong Yi, after a little contact, he made a detour in the direction of Wuyunzhai in the south.

"Good!" Zhong Yi nodded heavily and said loudly, "Pass my order, and all regiments will immediately launch a centripetal attack in the direction of Wuyun Village and Liuyan Mountain!" ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier said yes and hurried into the communications office next door.

Bai Chongbei whispered: "Ziren, wouldn't it be too early to launch a centripetal attack now?" After all, there are still many paths for devils to choose from, and they may not necessarily choose Changhe Bay! ”

Zhong Yi shook his head and said: "In a war, there has never been a guarantee of nine out of ten, and now you can only fight!" ”