The next day, Shao Fei and his entourage set off on time and headed for Jingmen. This time they were a blessing in disguise, and the lieutenant colonel sent a truck to escort them.

After Shao Fei and the others left, the lieutenant colonel immediately ordered the adjutant: "Find a way to contact the division commander and be sure to leave this group of people behind." The first major counteroffensive of the Chinese army began immediately. ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant immediately walked away and contacted the division headquarters directly by radio.

In the car, Liu Ying saw that Shao Fei was speechless and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine."

Shao Fei forced a smile, he was still worried about Yu Shanshan's fate after that. Military commanders, that is not a place for people to stay, it is a real hell on earth.

Lixiang on the side said proudly: "Of course it's okay, with the guidance of my Tianshan Tong's grandmother, what can I do?" ”

Yi Ren smiled: "Do you know who Tianshan Tong's grandmother is? ”

Rika replied, "Of course I know, I'm always happy." ”

Lixiang's words drew laughter from everyone. With Lixiang along the way, I don't feel so boring and dull on the way. Everyone laughed, only Zhao Hongfei sat in the corner and looked intently at the newspaper he brought from the camp.

Yi Ren pushed Zhao Hongfei with his elbow and asked, "What are you looking at, has something big happened?" ”

Zhao Hongfei said: "I don't know if I don't see it, I am shocked when I see it." ”

Zhao Hongfei likes to read the newspapers of this era, and many events that have occurred have not been seen before. Now that it's hard to cross, how could he let go of this opportunity.

"Less nonsense, talk faster."

Zhao Hongfei said: "Chairman Jiang convened a military conference in Nanyue and delivered a speech, saying: This war of resistance can be divided into two periods according to the predetermined strategy and political strategy, with the Lugou Bridge Incident to the retreat from Wuhan and the fall of Yueyang as the first period, and the second period from now on. In other words, from now on, it has really entered the stalemate stage of resistance against Japan. ”

Gao Xiaowei was also curious and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhao Hongfei smiled: "You are brainless, how can the content of the meeting be made public." But the slogan is there. The four slogans of "waste utilization", "waste utilization", "waste time utilization" and "waste land utilization" give full play to all human and material resources and use all time and space. It seems that our chairman's anti-Japanese decision is still very strong. ”

Yi Ren, who is the third generation of red, was a little unhappy and said, "Zhao Fei, where are you?" Let's talk about the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. It's okay to go to war. ”

"Okay." Zhao Hongfei opened the newspaper and said, "I'm sorry, no." This is Ta Kung Pao, not Xinhua Daily. There were a lot of wars, and Li Zongren's troops conquered Luotian, Hubei, and recovered Huangchuan, Henan. Cheng Qianbu Keyu North Yanjin. It seems that the national army is about to launch a major counteroffensive. ”

Everyone was interested in Zhao Hongfei's words, only Shao Fei sat quietly, and Zhao Hongfei said: "Shao Fei, your previous troops are not on the Tongpu line." ”

Shao Fei's heart was shocked, worried about Zhao Fei and Zhuzi, and asked, "What happened?" ”

Zhao Hongfei said: "The Battle of Wuhan is over, the main force of the Japanese army is moving north, and the Japanese army around the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan border area has increased to 9 divisions and 3 brigades, of which there are 5 divisions and 1 mixed brigade on the Tongpu line. ”

Shao Fei said "oh" and couldn't close his eyes.

Zhao Hongfei couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Your reaction is very embarrassing." ”

Laughter rang out in the carriage again, but Shao Fei couldn't laugh. The main force of the Japanese army will inevitably sweep the base area when it goes north, Shao Fei is still worried about Zhao Fei and them, after all, the army was established by himself and Zhao Fei.

The group followed the transport convoy through Anyang and came to the Jingmen front. Before they could get out of the car, they vaguely heard the rumbling sound of cannonballs. The direction of the cannon sound came from the east bank of the Xiang River unexpectedly.

After getting out of the car, I didn't expect that Duo Lu Kang would come to greet him in person, which greatly surprised everyone.

"Brother, I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

Shao Fei's arrival, Lu Kang was very happy. Although there was no special combat team by Shao Fei's side, Lu Kang appreciated Shao Fei's strategy more.

Seeing that Shao Fei had changed back to his previous appearance, Lu Kang smiled and said, "It's okay to change your face back, it's even more heroic." ”

Shao Fei was ashamed and said, "Senior Commander Lu, I'm smiling." ”

Immediately, Shao Fei introduced the people around him to Lu Kang one by one, and Lu Kang recognized Liu Ying and thanked him: "Doctor Liu, I thank you for saving your life in Teng County." I was in a coma at the time, and I later learned that the situation was already very critical at that time, and you insisted on operating on me. ”

Liu Ying replied politely: "I am a doctor, and it is my duty to save people." ”

Shao Fei knew it. A dignified division commander came to greet him in person, and he spoke so politely, obviously wanting to assist the Sichuan army in the battle.

Shao Fei returned to the truth and preached: "Commander Lu, listening to the sound of artillery, has your division already fought the Xianghe?" ”

Lu Kang said: "Now the two sides are in a stalemate, but the Japanese army is lacking in troops, and General Zhang insists on counterattacking and recovering Zaoyi." ”

Shao Fei looked at Zhao Hongfei, and Zhao Hongfei nodded. Immediately, the two followed Lu Kang to his headquarters, and the others temporarily stayed in the camp under the arrangement of Lu Kang's guards.

Coming to the headquarters of the new 5th Division, Lu Kang roughly explained the battle situation to Shao Fei.

Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army had already made arrangements for a major counteroffensive, and the three defense lines of Zhongxiang, Yicheng, and Jingmen launched a counteroffensive together, crossing the Xianghe River and occupying Zaoyi, using the natural defense of the Tongbai Mountains to form a new line of defense.

The task of the New Fifth Division was to cooperate with friendly forces to capture the Changshoudian position east of the Xiang River. A brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed there, and two fortifications were arranged to the west and south of Changshoudian, and another line of defense was arranged in the middle of the two positions. The three positions are at the corners of each other, which is a standard inverted triangle defensive formation.

Lu Kang sighed: "My vanguard has already crossed the Xiang River, and because the Japanese army has air force and ground artillery support, it is difficult to carry out the attack effectively. The main forces of our division have not yet crossed the river, and now they are in a stalemate. ”

Shao Fei said: "The plane is not terrible, the artillery is not terrible, what is terrible is the enemy's defensive formation." ”

Lu Kang said: "Indeed. With the strength of two divisions, we are fully capable of taking Changshoudian, but the losses must be very heavy. I've been thinking of ways to reduce my losses. ”

Shao Fei asked, "Is there a plan?" ”

Lu Kang pointed to the combat map and said, "The main force of our division landed and launched an attack on the left flank of the Japanese army with all its might. The 180th Division pinned down the enemy's right flank. If you attack from the middle, it is a dead end, and a roundabout outflanking will not work at all. So, you can only eat some of their wings first. ”

Such a combat plan was indeed feasible, and it was possible to take a position with the strength of one division, but the Japanese army occupied favorable terrain and firepower superiority, and the casualties were certainly very heavy.

Shao Fei asked, "Zhao Hongfei, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Hongfei shook his head and said, "I didn't expect it for the time being." The inverted triangle defense formation can not only defend, but also attack, focusing on the point behind the middle, and that point has two wings to protect not to mention eat, it is difficult to get close. Fighting a war is not just a matter of paper, you know what we have to do? ”

Shao Fei said: "Infiltration, reconnaissance." ”

Zhao Hongfei nodded.

Therefore, the two decided to cross the river at night to reconnoiter the three positions of the Japanese army, and then formulate an effective battle plan.

(End of chapter)