With the adjustment of the combat plan of the Japanese First Army Headquarters and the opening of the gap on the eastern front, the Japanese encirclement has ceased to exist in name only;
The Japanese on the Western and Northern Fronts pulled the nets, and all the small fish and shrimps scattered everywhere rushed towards the gap on the Eastern Front. A small number of Japanese soldiers could not stop thousands of defeated troops;
The Japanese could only settle for the next best thing and use a flat push method to rush towards the defense areas of the 78th Army and the New 93rd Army.
The regiments of the 78th Army suddenly discovered that there were more and more defeated troops, and they were immediately happy. They gathered the defeated troops one by one like a Chinese New Year, and the number of soldiers in each regiment swelled like a snowball!
The order from Shuzhong has reached the headquarters of the 78th Army. It is like giving a Shangfang sword, and there is no pressure to gather the defeated troops.
Each regiment received a handwritten copy of the national government message, stamped with the seal of the 78th Army;
Now they can be regarded as carrying out errands according to orders. Whenever they encounter a retreat, they will be forcibly gathered, and those who dare to resist will be directly engaged in military law. They will use extraordinary measures in extraordinary times, and there is no politeness.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Yan Haoyu picked up his machine gun and pointed it at the sky. The chaotic retreating soldiers below finally calmed down;
He can finally speak properly:
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Yan Haoyu, commander of the third brigade of the 78th Army. The 78th Army has been upgraded to a Class A Army. Under the orders of Zhongcai and the national government, the missing soldiers were replenished on the spot from the defeated troops;
From now on, you are all soldiers of the 78th Army. Anyone who violates the order will be treated as a deserter! "
As Yan Haoyu carried out Shang Fang's sword, the thousands of defeated soldiers below were instantly frightened;
Although many people have dissatisfaction in their hearts, no one dares to jump out and cause trouble. If the leader is shot, military law is no joke.
A colonel finally stood up and said:
"Sir Yan, it's not that we dare to disobey the order from the summit, it's just what you said with red lips and white teeth. Then you should let the brothers see the order from the summit."
Yan Haoyu took out a message forwarded by the 78th Army from his body, handed it directly to the colonel who provoked the trouble, and then said coldly:
"This is a message forwarded by the 78th Army. You should know that the original text is not available to me at this level. You can reserve your opinion on this message and verify it through relevant channels afterwards. But now the order must be executed, otherwise military law will be engaged."
After carefully reading the message, the colonel commander was sure that it was sent by the 78th Army. As a captain, he did not dare to question a message sent by an army. He himself felt that the commander of the 78th Army did not dare to forge a message from the government. This would be a beheading. sin.
After reading it, he respectfully handed the message back to Yan Haoyu, then saluted and said:
"Sir, since it is an order from the government, I dare not disobey the order, but I reserve the right to verify the order with the higher authority."
Yan Haoyu no longer cared about the colonel leader, but turned to the others and asked coldly:
"what about you?"
The most senior regiment leader among them has no objection. Who among the others dares to resist the order from the top and fight with whom is not a fight?
Yan Haoyu successfully gathered more than a thousand broken troops. This was already the fifth batch of broken troops they had collected in the past two days. The number of broken troops varied. Especially starting from today, more and more broken troops appeared on the Eastern Front;
This was a good sign, but it was also an unexpected situation. He decided to find out about the situation from the colonel commander first. He had the highest position and should know more than ordinary soldiers.
The colonel replied:
"Sir, I am Zeng Jiabao, the leader of the 584th Regiment of the 43rd Army. We have been fighting in the mountains since we were dispersed by the Japanese;
Starting from yesterday afternoon, the Japanese suddenly intensified their siege in the mountainous area. Brothers on the periphery were constantly being driven into the mountain. We didn’t know what was happening. There were gunshots everywhere, except in the east, so we withdrew to the east. , until he was stopped by the chief. "
After hearing this, Yan Haoyu roughly guessed the Japs' intentions. It had been three days since the main Japs forces on the Eastern Front were encircled and annihilated. It was impossible for them not to know that a big hole had been broken in the encirclement net.
The Japanese pulled out a net to clear out the enemy, and the final result could only be to drive most of the defeated troops to the Eastern Front;
A rout is a double-edged sword, especially tens of thousands of rout, which are thousands of mouths. They need to eat and drink. If this problem cannot be solved, a large number of rout is a time bomb. .
The Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain was generally short of food, ammunition, and supplies. The Japanese did not know the true situation of the 78th Army, and they would definitely think that they were also short of food;
Driving the broken troops to the 78th Army's defense area can not only disrupt the 78th Army's defense line and shake the morale of the 78th Army, but also consume their already tight food supply and create internal instability...
This is the conspiracy of the Japanese, it can also be said to be a conspiracy. If there is not enough food, there is no solution even if you see it clearly. How many troops at home and abroad in ancient and modern times have been defeated by logistics, too many to count.
"You stupid devil, his intentions are quite sinister!"
Thinking of this, Yan Haoyu said loudly to the defeated soldiers:
"Brothers, you must be hungry after running for a day. Since you have joined our 78th Army, we are naturally responsible for food and drink. Each of you will get a tortilla and a handful of fried noodles. Fill your stomach first and then fight the Japanese!" "
Many of the defeated soldiers had not eaten food for two or three days. As soon as they heard that there were corn pancakes to eat, their eyes instantly shone, and their morale immediately rose.
Yan Haoyu knew very well that the best political work at this time was to give them food and fill their bellies. No matter how beautiful the words were, it was not as practical as giving a corn pancake to each person.
The worst thing about the 78th Army is food. In the past year, the Independence Brigade moved like mice, acquiring thousands of tons of food from the Liuzhen base area, most of which was cornmeal purchased from Goshawk Country.
They are all stored in the tunnels of Moyunling. There are thousands of logistics soldiers in Moyunling who are responsible for making tortillas and fried noodles to ensure the expenses of all participating troops.
Before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first. This applies at any time. With enough food, the 78th Army is not afraid of the evil intentions of the Japanese. Yan Haoyu just wants to say to the Japanese:
"Thanks!"
After all the defeated soldiers had their stomachs full, the morale of the soldiers stabilized. At this time, they no longer cared about the authenticity of the order.
They are all troops of the Central Military System. Who should we fight against the Japanese and not the Japanese?
Yan Haoyu reorganized the newly gathered more than a thousand broken troops according to the standards set by the military headquarters. He transferred some military and political backbones from the old army to serve as battalion, company, and platoon leaders. These military and political backbones were newly assigned by the army. He used it immediately.
In order to stabilize the morale of these defeated soldiers, Zeng Jiabao also gave him the position of company commander. This was the highest position that the defeated soldiers could get. Yan Haoyu could not directly give him the position of battalion commander.
These defeated troops were organized into two battalions, with the temporary designations of the 11th Battalion and the 12th Battalion. The original 5,000-man Third Brigade (Pre-Third Regiment), plus the artillery battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and logistics battalion, already had There are 15 battalions, with a total number of more than 10,000 people.
Yan Haoyu's sense of smell on the battlefield is very strong. He judged from the abnormal behavior of the Japanese in driving the defeated troops to the Eastern Front that the Japanese might be going to attack the 78th Army!
In order not to be caught off guard by the Japanese, he decided to suspend the action of collecting the defeated troops and began to select favorable terrain along the highway to build a solid defense line to deal with the Japanese attack.
"Commander Bai, record the message!"
Yan Haoyu decided to report his judgment and response strategies to the military headquarters and prepare to snipe the Japanese.
