I can't help but say that Kenji Tsuchihara is a genius. He was the head of the "three major China experts" of the Japanese army, and he spoke Mandarin more authentically than the chairman. He understands China and the inferiority of the Chinese.

He is more like a reflexive fox, even if he succeeds a hundred times, he is cautious. He knew in his heart that one failure could ruin everything.

Moreover, he was clear about the details of the various Kuomintang troops, and knew how to find breakthroughs from the small clues to realize one bold conspiracy after another.

Tu Feiyuan understood Gui Yongqing, so he turned his back and aimed the main attack on the 27th Army, which was the most well-equipped. He cares more about the commander's abilities than about equipment.

But what Tu Feiyuan didn't expect was that the results of the battle were far beyond his imagination. The Chinese army would be so polite that they would give away such an important Lan Gui. All he could do now was hold on to help.

The low-hanging fruit victory was missed, how could General Xue Yue be willing to give up. Now the 14th Division of the Japanese Army has retreated to the line of Lanfeng, Lanfengkou, and Chenliukou. Xue Yue began to actively redeploy, using all the forces of the Eastern Henan Corps to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division again.

At the Kaifeng Headquarters, Xue Yue was still drawing up a battle plan for the siege of the 14th Division, when suddenly a loud voice sounded at the door.

"Zhong Bin is here to report!"

Zhong Bin, a student of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, has been working at the Central Military Academy before. "I. 28 "During the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, he fought with the Japanese army. Now that the 88th Division has such a thing, its morale is low and its strength is seriously insufficient. Song Xilian strongly recommended his friend Zhong Bin to serve as the commander of the 88th Division.

Xue Yue let go of the matter in his hand, turned around and said, "It's just right to come, you understand the situation."

Zhong Bin replied: "Understood." Let me be the commander of the 88th Division. ”

"Now the 88th Division is a mess, and morale is very low. And now I have a limited number of troops, and I can't easily give up any of them. Master Zhong, do you want to take this team well? ”

Xue Yue explained the situation of the 88th Division, so that Zhong Bin had a certain amount of mental preparation. However, Zhong Bin was full of confidence and said loudly: "Yes! The 88th Division is not a mess, the Battle of Songhu, Nanjing Yuhuatai, and Zhonghua Gate, they played the prestige of Chinese soldiers! I am confident that the 88th Division will return to its former glory! ”

"Good! Today is the 24th, there are no combat missions. But tomorrow I'm going to see how you restored the 88th Division to its former glory! ”

Although Xue Yue met Zhong Bin for the first time, he was very satisfied with his first impression, and he also looked forward to the battle after the 88th Division.

After the 88th Division was evacuated, it assembled south of Lan Gui and stood by. The positions they had worked so hard to capture before were also occupied by the Japanese one by one, including those of the 87th and 51st Divisions. This was tantamount to the previous efforts in vain, and the result was caused by the 27th Army and the 88th Division, which gave up the important strategic location of Lan Gui without authorization.

In the camp, the morale of the officers and men of the 88th Division was sluggish, which was more shameful than losing the battle. In the eyes of other troops, they are deserters, and their previous honor is gone.

"Brother, what's wrong with them, have they lost the battle? Why did everyone keep their heads down, and they didn't have any energy at all. ”

"Don't ask too much about the children."

Shao Fei and Yingzi were walking in the camp, and he didn't expect this to be the result. The 88th Division has always been a heroic unit, and the Battle of Songhu fought hard with the Japanese army for 74 days, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army; Sixing Warehouse has 800 ambitions, which has inspired the people; Yuhuatai fought a bloody battle for 3 days and 3 nights to annihilate more than 2,000 enemies, and what a song and cry.

Gao Zhisong and Zhu Chi's second brigade commanders obviously had a chance to withdraw, but they would rather take the last few hundred soldiers to live and die with Yuhuatai. Can ...... now Thinking of this, Shao Fei felt cold. 88 Yes, the honor is gone, how can they be right to the martyrs of the past.

At this time, a jeep came from a distance. It was Zhong Bin who was sitting in the car.

Zhong Bin spotted Shao Fei from a distance and asked the adjutant beside him, "How can there be people in the camp, isn't this nonsense?" ”

The adjutant replied, "I guess it's from a nearby village, I don't know." ”

Zhong Bin shook his head helplessly, lamenting that the discipline of the 88th Division was loose to such a place. So he ordered: "Stop!" ”

The car stopped in front of Shao Fei, Zhong Bin got out of the car and walked in front of Shao Fei, and said politely: "Fellow, this is a military center, please leave immediately." ”

Shao Fei gave Zhong Bin a lot of time, and when he saw his rank, he estimated that he was the new commander of the 88th Division.

Yingzi interjected, "You invited us here. ”

"Shut up." Shao Fei told Yingzi to stop, and then said, "Sir, let's leave now." ”

After speaking, Shao Fei pulled Yingzi and walked towards the outside of the camp.

After Shao Fei left, Zhong Bin said to the adjutant on the side: "This person is not simple, his eyes are sharp, and he is not inferior at all when he sees my momentum." ”

"Do you want me to call him back?"

"Forget it, it's important to get down to business."

After speaking, Zhong Bin got into the car and drove towards the division command tent.

After leaving the camp of the 88th Division, Yingzi asked, "Brother, where are we going now?" ”

"Keep doing bad things."

"You're lying to me again."

"If I can, I want to drive all the people of Henan away."

Shao Fei felt powerless, one person's strength was too small. Shao Fei's abandonment of going to Wuhan and coming to Henan is actually an impulse, an impulse to cross. As soon as he had the opportunity, he wanted to witness the major events of the anti-Japanese period. Shao Fei wanted to know under what circumstances would the chairman of the committee give such an order. And whether that command is right or wrong can only be seen with one's own eyes and judged with one's own heart.

When Zhong Bin came to the big tent of the division headquarters, the first thing he did was to convene a meeting of the first officer at the battalion level. Outside the big tent, he also specially found a few square tables, merged them into a rectangle, and set up chairs and stools around the tables.

Officers from two brigades of the 88th Division arrived one after another and sat down on either side of the conference table according to their rank. Zhong Bin, on the other hand, stood in the middle of the table.

"My name is Zhong Bin, and I am the new commander of the 88th Division. Why did the dragon division on the front foot grow a horse, and the commander of the middle division on the back foot came to serve? It's very simple, the battle was surprising, and the 88th Division was a force to be reckoned with in the entire battle situation. ”

Zhong Bin first talked about the importance of the 88th Division, but some of the officers below suddenly asked: "Division commander, does the General Headquarters still believe in us?" I'm not afraid that we will leave our positions again and run away on our own. ”

Zhong Bin replied: "It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. Did you want to run yourself, or was it because of Master Long's orders? You know it in your own hearts. ”

Because of Zhong Bin's words, the officers below didn't say a word, as if they were asking themselves.

Zhong Bin continued: "General Song Xilian is now my superior, and we are close friends in normal times. He believed in me, so he sent me. In the same way, I believe in all of you. Gui Yongqing knows, the commander of the 27th Army, escaped from the battle, and he was accused by General Xue Yue. As far as I know, the number of the 27th Army will be canceled. is also giving up Lan Gui, why didn't Shangfeng cancel the number of the 88th Division, because the 88th Division is a heroic unit! ”

Zhong Bin's words began to cheer up the officers below, remembering the honor of the 88th Division in the past.

Zhong Bin said: "Today's meeting is not a combat meeting. I'll just say two things, discipline and honor. Discipline is the root of an army, and a unit without discipline has no combat effectiveness at all. I am usually a very good talker, but on the battlefield, I Zhong Mou and his six relatives do not recognize me. You only have one thing to remember: no matter whether you are an officer or a soldier, you will not be treated equally. If a soldier violates discipline, the officer at the next higher level shall be jointly and severally liable. If the platoon commander violates discipline, the company commander will also be held responsible, and so on. ”

Zhong Bin said and looked in the direction of Langui in the north, and said: "Honor is the life of a soldier, and we are fighting for honor." ”

After speaking, Zhong Bin pointed to the north and said loudly: "There, the 88th Division has lost its honor, and we will get it back there." The honor of my 88th Division is in Langui! ”

(End of chapter)