Zhang Wei's preparatory battalion withdrew from the battle and arrived at the military headquarters of the 27th Army on the 29th, on this day, the soldiers of the preparatory battalion had no training at all, and ate pork stew in the morning and stewed pork bone soup in the evening.

Today, Zhang Wei spent most of his time in the tent, and even the food was sent by the signal corps.

The retreat is not the retreat of one army, but the retreat of several armies, and the national army has always had a bad tradition of retreating.

Once retreated, all the troops will be in chaos, the assault column will also retreat, in the face of difficult chaos, there may be a possible Japanese army, the pressure is really not small, Qiu Madman did not come to inform him of the order to retreat, there should be no order to retreat today, which means that the soldiers can rest for one more night.

When it was time to retreat, he had to take out as many of his 200 men as possible, and he also had to protect the other units of the assault column and fulfill his duties as an infantryman.

The other parts of the assault column are also stationed near the military headquarters of the 27th Army, the combat defense artillery battalion, the tank battalion, and other units of the assault column are all there, and the tank battalion is under the leadership of Qiu Maniac to support the operation everywhere, assisting the infantry to assault the Japanese position, and has achieved a lot of results, and its own losses are also a lot, the tank loss is nearly half, only when cooperating with the 74th Army in the operation, an attack down, a platoon of light combat vehicles were all destroyed, the Soviet-style T26 tank situation is better, but also lost several vehicles.

The anti-aircraft artillery battalion was equipped with first-line infantry to attack the Japanese firing points, and there were also some battle losses. The casualties of the units under the assault column were not small, the combat vehicles, the battle defense artillery, and the infantry of the reserve battalion were all the same.

When Zhang Wei was thinking, the battle situation in eastern Henan had changed dramatically, and most of the conversations between Zhang Wei and Qiu Maniac had become reality, and in the direction of Shangqiu, the Japanese army that had suffered weak resistance drove straight in, and the troops were directed at the Hendong Corps of the Nationalist Army, which was besieging the 14th Division.

Besieged more 14th Division through the pontoon bridge erected by the Yellow River, transported a large number of troops and material supplies, received a large number of supplementary reinforcements of the 14th Division no longer continued to defend, the 14th Division has almost been in a passive state of being beaten, this time the Japanese army in the direction of Shangqiu reinforcements, the 14th Division itself received reinforcements and blood transfusion, naturally refused to continue to defend to the death, the 14th Division used heavy artillery to carry out a large-scale artillery bombardment of the besieging national army, and then used infantry to launch a counterattack.

Zhang Wei retreated before the Japanese position, now has become the focus of the two armies fighting each other, the Japanese army's various measures, so that and the 14th Division against the national army Henan East Corps lost the initiative of the siege, and is likely to be in danger of being attacked by the enemy, the East Henan Corps of the national army is not only the elite of the eastern Henan region, but also the elite of the entire national army.

The First Army, the Seventy-fourth Army, the Seventy-first Army, and the Twenty-seventh Army, which one is not the main force of the Central Army.

If the tactical objectives of the Japanese army were achieved, the national army would really be lost.

The front-line battles between the Eastern Henan Corps and the 14th Division have now fully evolved into mutual attacks, and the battle situation has changed, and the reorganization of the strategic situation will follow. Zhang Wei has been thinking, thinking about the countermeasures and methods in the retreat, he has experienced a lot of great retreats, Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou, large-scale strategic retreats he has experienced, and he also understands what it means.

This means extreme confusion and an attack that will come at any time, and the retreat under the Japanese open and ground fire is often only a thin line away from the rout, and if the retreat is not well organized, it is a rout.

"Herald, go and call the three company commanders!" Retreat is a matter of time, Zhang Wei thought of a lot of countermeasures in the tent, Qiu Madman gave himself a thorough explanation, now, it is time for him to ventilate his officers.

The tent where Zhang Wei lives is the same as the soldier's, the space is large enough, in addition to him, the three heralds also live in it, but now Zhang Wei is lying thinking about things, and the three heralds have a good eye to go out and stand guard.

"Yes!" A loud response was heard outside the tent. The three men went separately to inform the three company commanders of the preparatory battalion. The camp as a whole is not large, and the three heralds are all veterans, so it is very easy to find someone.

Qiu Wei, Mu Chao, and Zheng Yiqun were notified and immediately rushed to Zhang Wei's tent, Zhang Wei asked three heralds to guard the door, and let the three company commanders enter the tent.

"Sit down." Zhang Wei pointed to the marching chair and sat on the marching bed himself. Zhang Wei called them suddenly, and the three of them knew that something must be wrong, otherwise it wouldn't be so sudden.

"How's the meal?" Before Zhang Wei cut to the topic, he asked the question of food. Such a sentence choked Qiu Wei and the others.

"It's good, the brothers eat it very well." Mu Chao replied with a puzzled look, Zhang Wei's question made the three company commanders confused.

"Okay, just eat well, eat well to fight."

"Battalion commander, is something wrong?" Qiu Wei asked. Zhang Wei got up and paced in the tent: "Do you remember the battle situation we talked about on the road, but now it's true." ”

"Really, really, what?" Zheng Yiqun said.

"It's going to be withdrawn." As soon as Zhang Wei's words came out, the three company commanders were shocked, on the way to the march, several people discussed the issue of retreat, Zhang Wei and Qiu Wei and Mu Chao were more inclined to the retreat of the national army, but they didn't expect it to be so fast, and the three company commanders were very shocked.

"How could it be so fast, it is said that on the way we came, there were other troops moving forward, why did they start to retreat?" Qiu Wei said.

"I also just got the news, the Japanese outflanked Shangqiu, Shangqiu you may not know where it is, just to the east, the Japanese are attacking westward, wanting to outflank our back road, the besieged Japanese have built a bridge over the Yellow River, with follow-up support, we must retreat."

"It's too fast, we were fine when we attacked the Japanese position that day." Mu Chao looked disbelieving.

Zhang Wei actually didn't expect it to be so fast, the Japanese army's breakthrough and reaction speed were much higher than they expected.

"Okay, things are already like this, what we have to do is to do the things in hand well and minimize the loss and impact."

"I command!" The three of them stood upright. "The order to retreat, I estimate that it will go down to the camp tomorrow, you are strictly forbidden to spread it, and the platoon commander below is not allowed to say, the soldiers have just rested, let them sleep peacefully for the night, and then prepare normally after getting up in the morning, and wait for my order tomorrow, ready to move at any time."

"Remember, without my order, you are not allowed to act rashly, and you are not allowed to inform the officers and soldiers of the retreat to the lower ranks."

"Yes!"