The Third Army was nominally a group army, but in fact it only commanded the 12th Army started by Sun Tongxuan. After Sun Tongxuan gave the order to retreat, the 20th Division retreated to the vicinity of the West Shibali River and defended facing Zhengzhou, the 22nd Division withdrew to the area east and south of the Shibali River in the southern suburbs, and the 81st Division occupied positions near Huanggang Temple in the southwestern suburbs of Zhengzhou.

The three divisions adopted a semi-encirclement posture against the urban area of Zhengzhou from the southwest and two directions.

Hu Fei led 6,000 men and horses from the west, and as soon as he arrived in Xingyang, he received a telegram from Sun Tongxuan, ordering Hu Fei to lead his troops to Huanggang Temple in the southwest of Zhengzhou to assist the 81st Division in defending its position.

"We are in the west, why should we go to the southwest?"

Hu Fei glared at the grumbling Li San, "There is no reason, the situation of the 81st Division is urgent, of course Commander-in-Chief Sun will let us go to the southwest!" Bring your slingshot and don't fall behind. Herald, order the troops to speed up to Huanggang Temple! ”

"Yes!" With Hu Fei's military order, the 88th Column quickly turned from due east to southeast. Five armored vehicles took the lead, and the cavalry protected the two wings, and rushed to Huanggang Temple.

After walking less than ten miles to the southeast, the sound of gunfire in front of me was already clearly discerning. A scout came to report: Two kilometers ahead is the battlefield, and the 81st Division of the Third Army is fighting fiercely with the devils in front.

"The chariot detachment opened the way in front, the cavalry regiment flanked and detoured, and the rest of the regiments followed and advanced!" Hu Fei stood next to the armored combat vehicle and gave the battle order. After the herald ran away, the armored car next to him was activated, but Hu Fei did not get into the car.

After walking all the way from Luoyang to Zhengzhou, Chief of Staff Liu Dong argued with him all the way, and the hot topic of the controversy was the question of whether the commander-in-chief should charge ahead every time he fought. In the end, Hu Fei finally couldn't withstand the verbal bombardment of Chief of Staff Liu and was defeated, and he promised Liu Dong that he would never follow the commando team to the front of the whole army unless necessary.

Looking at the billowing smoke and dust brought up by the chariot moving forward, Hu Fei really felt a little regretful in his heart. In the past, there were no armored vehicles, but now I finally have them, and I can't sit and go to war. Fortunately, these five armored vehicles are always their own, even if they can't get on this time, they will have to sit on them and enjoy themselves in the next battle.

"Report to the commander," Cheng Lao ran over with a tense face to report, "The third regiment has mutinied!" ”

"Mutiny?" Hu Fei's eyes instantly glared at the boss, "What about Cheng Shuangxi?" ”

"Commander Cheng's whereabouts are unknown, part of the third regiment has run away, and the rest is in chaos. Some of the powerful officers in the 3rd Regiment planned to join the enemy. They want to throw themselves on the devil's side at the height of the battle! ”

"Is the news true?"

"Absolutely! Just in case, I specially arrested someone from the 3rd Regiment. The commander wanted to know what he wanted to know. ”

"Bring people here! Order Brush, Gou Tianxiao, and Xie Jialin to come to me immediately to report! ”

The man was brought in, a child who looked to be in his teens and a half. Seeing Hu Fei surrounded by a group of people, the half-grown child's face was as white as a piece of paper, and his body began to tremble, which obviously made him frightened.

"What's your name and how old are you? What the hell is going on with your group? Seeing that this kid was scared like this, Hu Fei had no choice but to patiently ask him in gentle words.

The half-grown child's name is Ji Erliang, and he has just turned sixteen this year. He told Hu Fei that Cheng Shuangxi, the commander of the Third Regiment, could not find anyone yesterday. Early this morning, I heard the veterans in the squad say that Regiment Commander Cheng had voted for the Japanese, and he had become a traitor instead of the national army.

The veteran scolded until noon and ran away alone with a gun. There was now only one deputy squad leader left in the class, along with three young recruits who were about his age. If he hadn't been caught here, he might have run away. At the end, Ji Erliang asked Hu Fei: "Commander, I don't want to follow the Japanese." Our national army is in a good position, why should we go to the devil to be a traitor? ”

"Fart! Lao Tzu and the devil are incompatible, what kind of bullshit traitor? Damn, Lao Tzu is going to pick Cheng Shuangxi's skin! Brushes, get your plainclothes squad in military uniforms and come with me! Tianxiao, Jialin, you two lead the troops to squeeze the third regiment from the left and right, I'll go see what is going on with them! ”

"I'll take someone with me. There are a lot of things going on in the independent regiment, why don't you take command of the regiment for me? Gou Tianxiao gritted his teeth and smiled, looking eager to try.

In fact, he was worried that Hu Fei would be in danger. The rebels are always the most dangerous, and if you can stop them all at once, nothing will happen; If it can't be controlled all at once, the rebels are likely to turn into a murderous pest army. Attacking friendly and neighboring troops and harming the common people, there are so many bad things that a rebel army can do, so many that Hu Fei dare not think about it.

The chariot detachment, the cavalry regiment, and the first and second main infantry regiments all went up, and the third regiment, the independent regiment, and Xie Jialin's new regiment were left behind. Soon, the independent regiment and the newly formed regiment approached the third regiment on the left and right. The third regiment swirled in place like a headless fly, neither advancing nor retreating. From the outside, you can see the officers and men of the regiment in groups from east to west, just like a big vegetable market.

"Yuan Fang, Lao Huo, you guys come in with me!" Hu Fei took a deep breath, named the names of several masters around him, and led a few people to stride towards the third regiment. Hu Fei walked out and didn't even take twenty steps before he followed a group of people, it was Brush and his plainclothes team. Although Hu Fei didn't name him, how could the brush watch Hu Fei take a few people on an adventure?

The third regiment is really leaderless. Hu Fei came over with a swagger like this, and the rebellious troops of the third regiment did not have any guard or welcome posture. The soldiers in the vicinity all panicked to both sides, what should they do if they were far away, and they didn't know if they didn't see it or didn't take it seriously at all.

As soon as Hu Fei waved his hand, Yang Xiaowu and Huo Qinglong flew over, and in less than half a minute, one of them grabbed a prisoner and came back.

"Commander." Not to mention, the two captives actually knew Hu Fei. The two of them trembled and raised their hands in a nondescript military salute.

"Where's your captain?"

"I don't know."

"Where's the battalion commander?"

The two soldiers shook their heads. Hu Fei descended one by one, and finally asked the platoon commander and the two boys, then he looked back, and finally raised his hand and pointed to a place in the crowd, "That's our company deputy." "Well, I've finally found a bandleader!

This time, Hu Fei didn't speak, and he didn't use these masters to escort him, the brush directly instructed a few plainclothes team members who came with him to go over, and without saying a word, he came over with the deputy company commander.