"In addition, send a report to the Ninth Corps and ask them to pass from Neifeishan to the north. When they encounter enemy troops, they don't need to ask for instructions and launch an attack directly!"
"Also, inform all the troops participating in the battle that I will not take any prisoners in this battle. Let them realize how far the battle will go!"
After asking the correspondent to issue orders to the Third Corps and the Armored Division, Li Qiufan supplemented them.
That was to give an order to the Ninth Corps to take the initiative from Neifeishan and launch an attack on the enemy troops fleeing eastward.
Then Li Qiufan added one last sentence, asking the correspondent to inform all the participating troops that he would not take any prisoners in this battle.
As for how other people understand his words, it's up to you to understand them.
Finally, it’s the old brigade commander’s place. The old brigade commander will definitely not be able to get around the words “take no prisoners”, and the old brigade commander will definitely not agree and will scold him.
But when Li Qiufan explained the reason to him, the old brigade commander would definitely have nothing to say.
The most I can say is, after all, you are the commander-in-chief on the front line, and I am just your deputy. Is it possible that I can still take the lead in disobeying your orders?
But what Li Qiufan didn't expect was that Li Xiping was keeping an eye on him.
When the correspondent was about to find the telegraph operator to send telegrams to the various units, Li Xiping chased after him and stopped him.
Then Li Xiping told the correspondent to issue other orders as usual, but the last sentence of "no prisoners" was to be sent to the deputy commander first to see the reaction.
Li Xiping knew what the reaction would be if this sentence was sent out. Of course, he understood Li Qiufan, and he might even have given such an order in his place.
But now he is thinking about Li Qiufan. If people who don't know the reason know this sentence, it will be a handle and it will cause a lot of trouble.
So Li Xiping asked the correspondent to send it to the deputy commander-in-chief first, and let the old brigade commander persuade Li Qiufan before talking.
Originally, Li Xiping thought that there was not much hope for this matter, because Li Qiufan and the others were stubborn in the same vein, but what Li Xiping did not expect was that this matter really turned around.
The reason was that during the days when Li Qiufan led his troops into Wujia Mountain and lost contact because there was no signal, the old brigade commander had one more job.
And this position should be placed in front of the deputy commander-in-chief of the front line, that is, the acting commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Volunteer Army.
As for why the old brigade commander was asked to take over the position of commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, it was because the commander-in-chief fell ill during the period when Li Qiufan lost contact, and he was very serious.
Originally, the Military Commission was planning to let the Commander-in-Chief return home for treatment, but because the Commander-in-Chief was worried about the war on the peninsula, he kept delaying his departure.
The Military Commission was also aware of the commander-in-chief's stubborn temper, so they directly contacted the old brigade commander and appointed him as the acting commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Volunteer Army.
The purpose of this is to let the old brigade commander be directly responsible for the war in the peninsula on the front line. He no longer needs to ask for instructions from the Volunteer Army Headquarters. He can only report good news but not bad news to the commander-in-chief, so that he can put down his thoughts and return to China for treatment as soon as possible.
And this move was indeed successful. On the day when the old brigade commander led the 19th Corps and the 13th Corps across the river to the south bank, the commander-in-chief set off to return home.
Now the old brigade commander's codename has been completely removed and he has become the second commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army. However, the whole army has not been briefed yet, so Li Qiufan does not know about it at all.
This also led to the fact that after the old brigade commander received Li Qiufan's army notification, he directly sent him a telegram in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army. The content of the telegram was to scold him.
"Little bastard, don't bother me with your fucking trouble. If you can't beat me, just go to my side and be a groom. Don't think that I don't dare to jerk you off!"
Li Qiufan was stunned after receiving a telegram swearing at him in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army.
Because he couldn't figure out how the Commander-in-Chief knew about this matter. Even if he reported it, he couldn't do it so quickly.
What's more, the tone of scolding him didn't sound like the commander-in-chief at all, but rather the style of an old brigade commander.
Although he was very confused, Li Qiufan could only obey the order, because this was a telegram sent in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army, and he did not dare to argue with the Commander-in-Chief.
As Li Qiufan's order was issued, the Third Corps and the Armored Division immediately launched a pursuit of the enemy, while the Ninth Corps on the other side also surrounded them from Neifeishan to the north.
At this time, the enemy troops were like bereaved dogs. The five infantry divisions and one cavalry division had no intention of fighting at all and just wanted to escape quickly.
But just when they thought they were about to escape, they ran into the siege of the 19th and 13th Corps.
Only then did they realize why the volunteers behind them did not pursue them immediately. It turned out that their retreat had been cut off long ago.
After bumping into the 19th and 13th Corps, the enemy did not entangle with them at all, and directly changed their retreat route and began to go south.
But not far away, they encountered the encircling Ninth Corps again. Now everyone in the enemy army was really in despair.
There are only four directions in total: east, west, south and north. Now the three directions are blocked, and the only way they can go is north.
But to the north is the Han River. The enemy troops cannot escape from the Han River. Moreover, it takes too long for five infantry divisions and one cavalry division to cross the river. They will be overtaken by the volunteers before they can escape to the north bank.
But if they don't leave, they will only face the situation of being surrounded. After reporting the situation to the beautiful country commander, the enemy's frontline commander ordered the troops to march north.
As for why we took this dead end, it was because the enemy's frontline commander still had a glimmer of hope.
Going north can at least delay them for a while. During this period, the commander of the beautiful country or the senior officials of the beautiful country can find a way to save them.
But at this time, the commander of the beautiful country and the senior officials of the beautiful country had no choice. They only had a disabled 44th Infantry Division in the peninsula, and there were no extra troops.
But the five infantry divisions and one cavalry division that were surrounded had to be saved. These were nearly 100,000 troops. If they were annihilated like this, their vitality would be seriously damaged.
Then the senior leaders of the beautiful country resorted to their usual method, which was to negotiate with our country to persuade the volunteers not to eliminate their troops.
But negotiations have already been learned from the past. Last time, it was because they believed their lies that it triggered another war and almost ruined three corps.
