readx; At this time, the defeat of Chaohu has been revealed, which is not only Wang Chengbin's opinion, but the unified view of many officers of the Chaohu Garrison Command!

"Commander, do you think you want Bantang to launch a counterattack?" A lieutenant colonel of the Beiyang Army with eyes suggested, but Wang Chengbin smiled bitterly: "Over there in Bantang, how many people can there be now, I'm afraid that there are not enough 2,000 remnants, how to launch a counterattack on the enemy's Ninth Division?" Once the enemy army arrives at Phoenix Mountain, then the connection between the headquarters and Bantang will be completely cut off! At that time, the 2,000 people in Bantang will not be able to protect themselves! ”

The lieutenant colonel said, "Are we just waiting for defeat?" ”

"Yes, commander, now we still have more than 8,000 warriors to fight, even if we can't counterattack, but it is completely okay to force through the open area in the west of Caijiagang!" This is one to run away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"We have collected a lot of ships on the shore, and it is okay to retreat from Chaohu Lake!" Another one wants to escape, and he means that he doesn't care about the others, because the ships that the Beiyang Army can collect can only hit a thousand people.

"I think we should gather forces to counterattack from the west, the main force of the other side is now in our northeast, the rear must be empty, we will kill them directly!" A brain burned out.

Watching many of his officers put forward various opinions, Wang Chengbin felt a sense of powerlessness that made him feel as if he couldn't stand still, and his steps were soft and he almost fell, if it wasn't for his hands to support the table next to him, he might have to fall.

"A bunch of rubbish!" Wang Chengbin didn't pay attention to these subordinate officers, but closed his eyes after doing it on the chair next to him.

Counterattack? Just kidding, if he had enough troops to counterattack, he would have attacked a fucking counterattack a long time ago, so why wait until now. Don't look at the Chaohu defenders, there are still more than 8,000 troops left, but more than 2,000 are trapped in Bantang, and then more than 6,000 on the Chaohu side are also distributed on various fronts, and they can't be gathered at all. This force can't be gathered, let alone counterattack, and it can't retreat from the side.

Now the situation in Chaohu is no longer up to him Wang Chengbin to decide, because he can no longer mobilize troops anywhere, and a random transfer on the front line is the beginning of a great collapse on the whole front. He can only rely on whether Wu Peifu can take Caijiagang in a short period of time, and then reinforce Chaohu.

Wang Chengbin pinned all his hopes on Wu Peifu, but Wu Peifu was also powerless, after he received Wang Chengbin's battle report notice, he learned that the advance of the enemy's Ninth Division was about to arrive at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, he had already organized all the troops to launch a fierce attack, and on the afternoon of the 19th, the Fifth Mixed Brigade had been compressed to a radius of less than three kilometers, but it still failed to completely defeat the Fifth Mixed Brigade.

In the evening, the forward of the 92nd Regiment of the 9th Division had reached the foot of Phoenix Mountain, less than a kilometer away from the 5th Mixed Brigade, and had already engaged the Beiyang Army attacking the 5th Mixed Brigade in the south.

"Brother Wang, I tried my best, but it's a pity!" Wu Peifu looked at the explosions and fires that kept coming from afar, it was already night at this time, but the enemy's Ninth Division in the south did not stop the pace of attack at all, but continued to take a field attack, and the flares continued to rise over the battlefield to illuminate the entire battlefield.

"Brigadier Commander, is there really no way?" Wu Peifu's adjutant was obviously a little afraid to accept such a fact.

Wu Peifu sighed first, and then said: "If you give me two more days, no, even one day is enough to take down the Fifth Mixed Brigade, and then reinforce Chaohu after integrating troops, it is not impossible to hold Chaohu." But now, Chaohu Lake has not been able to hold it, there is such a big gap between Chaohu Lake and Bantang, and the enemy army has poured in thousands at once, how can this be resisted! Chaohu is about to be lost, and the current plan is to pick up Chaohu's friendly forces! ”

Wang Chengbin did not take long, on the night of the 19th, he received a message from Wu Peifu to organize a retreat to Wang Chengbin, and he would drag the advance of the enemy's 9th Division and the troops of the 5th Mixed Brigade to provide cover for the Chaohu defenders to retreat north. 、

But Wang Chengbin didn't say a word after learning this message, because the Chaohu defenders were now unable to retreat! The troops are scattered on various fronts, and any move will cause a collapse of the whole line, not to mention gathering troops to rush through Caijiagang, Wang Chengbin glanced at the subordinate officers around him, and then said: "Let's run for their lives, one can go!" ”

On the morning of the 20th, Situ Jun received the latest battle report from Zuo Yugang, the commander of the Ninth Division, saying that the main force of the 92nd Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Division had defeated the last resistance of the Beiyang Army last night, successfully arrived in the Phoenix Mountain area, and had made contact with the Fifth Mixed Brigade.

Zuo Yugang was overjoyed when he received this telegram, and immediately forwarded the telegram to the General Command as it was, and it didn't take long for the chief of the Communications Department of the General Headquarters to take out a telegram with a happy face and walk into the office of Yuan Fang, the chief of the General Staff, and then handed the telegram to Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang took the telegram and looked at it, and his face instantly became overjoyed: "Okay!" This Zuoyu Congo is really good! ”

Immediately, he put away the telegram: "Go, go to the Generalissimo's Mansion!" ”

After holding back for so many days in a row, Yuan Fang can be said to have been reprimanded by many generals of the National Army, and even Chen Jingyun showed that he wanted to replace him, and now there is finally good news from the front line, the Ninth Division has finally broken through the enemy blockade after all difficulties, and successfully arrived in front of the Fifth Mixed Brigade formation, realizing the plan of meeting the division that was originally completed a week ago!

This time, he Yuan Fang naturally wanted to report the good news to Chen Jingyun in person, and the good news could be regarded as a great merit!

After entering the Generalissimo's Mansion, Yuan Fang saw Yu Shifeng, the director of the secretariat, and Yu Shifeng saw Yuan Fang's footsteps rushing, and his face was a little strange, and immediately said: "Chief Yuan, come here so early, is there something going on in Anhui?" ”

Then he lowered his voice: "You know the mood of the handsome in the past two days, if you go in and disturb his breakfast time, I'm afraid it will ......"

The subtext in the words Yuan Fang heard it, it was nothing more than that you, the chief of staff, would be able to achieve the position, but today Yuan Fang was in a good mood, and immediately said with a mysterious face: "Don't worry, I'm afraid the big marshal won't blame me for disturbing him this time!" ”

Yu Shifeng was puzzled after hearing this: "Could it be that there is good news over there in Chaohu!" ”

Yuan Fang smiled silently!

Although Yu Shifeng is out of the army system, it is impossible to know the details of the situation on the Chaohu side, but he also knows a little that the situation in Chaohu is a little critical, and he also guesses that Chen Jingyun's bad mood these days is also because of the Chaohu war. Now Yuan Fang actually said that he had brought good news, and immediately said: "Since this is the case, I won't stop you!" ”

Immediately, Yu Shifeng brought Yuan Fang in, but he didn't let Yuan Fang and a few officers behind him follow, but went into the living room by himself and walked lightly to Chen Jingyun's side: "Big handsome, Chief Yuan asks to see you!" ”

At this time, Chen Jingyun was having breakfast with Lin Yun, and when he heard this, he put down the bowl of porridge in his hand, and then frowned: "What is he doing here so early?" ”

Lin Yun on the side saw that Chen Jingyun's face was not good, and he also secretly gave Yu Shifeng a look, suggesting that he should not talk nonsense and annoy Chen Jingyun.

Yu Shifeng said softly: "I heard President Yuan say that there is good news from Chaohu Lake!" ”

Chen Jingyun's face changed several times when he heard this, and he also knew that this would not be the time to speak, so he immediately interjected and stood up: "I'll go out for a while first!" ”

Lin Yun naturally nodded and said yes!

Chen Jingyun went out immediately, and as soon as he entered the side hall, he saw Yuan Fang waiting, and before Chen Jingyun could speak, Yuan Fang hurriedly handed over a telegram after seeing Chen Jingyun.

Chen Jingyun took it and saw that it was the battle report sent by Major General Zuo Yugang, the acting commander of the Ninth Division, to the headquarters of the Second Army, and there were not many words on it, only one important sentence: Our unit has defeated the last resistance of the enemy and arrived at the position of the Fifth Mixed Brigade!

Chen Jingyun watched it several times, and finally made sure that he was not mistaken! He took a deep breath to calm down the excitement in his heart, and then said in this calm tone: "Well, Zuo Yugang did a good job this time!" ”

Immediately, he pondered for a while and said: "Order all units of the Second Army to continue to fight, and say that Chaohu Lake will be completely conquered as soon as possible!" In addition, Zuo Yugang was officially appointed as the commander of the Ninth Division, awarded the Silver Double Sword Medal, and the commendation of other meritorious persons will be handled by your staff department as appropriate! ”

After saying this, he did not stop, but continued: "This time for the award of meritorious people, you Yuan Fang personally went to Anhui for a trip, well, to serve as the commander of the Second Army!" ”

Yuan Fang was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Chen Jingyun to transfer himself at such a moment, he also thought that after this good news, he would be able to sit firmly in the position of chief of staff, but he didn't expect to be transferred, but after thinking about it, it seems that it is not bad for him to serve as the commander of the Second Army. To be honest, Yuan Fang still didn't understand Chen Jingyun's appointment, if he didn't trust himself, then he would not be transferred to the Second Army as the commander of the Second Army after he revoked his chief of staff, but if he still maintained his trust and value, he would not have been dismissed from the position of chief of staff.

After all, which is more important, the position of the chief of staff and the commander of the first army, is different in the eyes of some people, in Shen Gang's opinion, the position of chief of staff is better, and in the eyes of Ma Cheng and others, the commander of the first army is more important, and Yuan Fangma himself does not feel much.

Yuan Fang took a warship to Wuhu on the same day, preparing to take over the post of commander of the Second Army, and as soon as Yuan Fang left, the position of chief of staff also attracted the peeps of many high-ranking generals of the National Army. Needless to say, Shen Gang had been waiting for this time many days ago, but Lin Zhaomin and several other senior generals of the National Army were also eyeing this position of chief of staff.

In today's national army, the post of chief of staff has become more and more important, and it is no longer just the role of the chief steward of the national army, but has become an important role in controlling and planning the overall strategy of the national army. Therefore, the post of chief of staff has become the planner and controller of the specific affairs of the national army.

To put it simply, Chen Jingyun told the General Headquarters where to fight, and the chief of the General Staff and the Operations Department were the executors, planning the plan to attack Anhui and actually organizing all military operations.

In today's National Army, the post of Chief of Staff is much more important than those division commanders and army commanders!

In view of the important surname of the General Staff, Chen Jingyun did not leave this position vacant for too long, and as soon as Yuan Fang left for Wuhu, he announced the appointment of Shen Gang as the chief of the General Staff. This solution was not too unexpected, and even Shen Gang himself took it for granted after hearing about this appointment, and was not too surprised.

Subsequently, he appointed Lieutenant General Li Jimin, commander of the First Division, as commander of the First Army, and Zhao Zhike, deputy commander of the First Division, took over as commander of the First Division and was promoted to major general.

In such an appointment, Shen Gang got the position of chief of staff as he wished, and Li Jimin, the only lieutenant general and division commander of the National Army, also successfully completed the transition and became the commander of the First Army. He got the position of army commander, and Ma Cheng lost the position of army commander, and when Ma Cheng boarded the Nanjing dock wearing a lieutenant general's uniform with a worried face, looking at the crowd coming and going, he was also a little worried about the future for a while!