After hearing Zhang Tianhai's words, Li Chunfei already knew the answer: As expected, the regiment still didn't listen. He was such a pure soldier. He only thought about how to fight the little Japanese to the end, but he never thought about his own future. How dangerous it would be.
As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous as pigs are afraid of being strong.
In Li Chunfei's view, the brilliance of the First Regiment of the Theater Guards was so bright that it was even a famous brand of the frontline troops. Everyone knew that as long as this unit was used, there was a high probability of winning.
But sometimes, being too dazzling is not a good thing - if the trees are beautiful in the forest, they will be destroyed by the wind, and if the rocks are protruding in the waves, they will be destroyed.
"I understand your humble position, leader." Li Chunfei smiled bitterly, and then said nothing else.
"In this way, you have to do a good job at the job at hand, especially the battalions you have at hand. They are the main force of our regiment. No matter what, you have to do a good job." Zhang Tianhai warned. In a word, as for those independent brigades, in his eyes, they are not considered regular troops, they just have a name.
Hmm... If the independent brigade can develop into a force with extremely strong combat effectiveness, Zhang Tianhai would not mind reorganizing it into an independent battalion.
At this moment, a lieutenant ran up next to him, stood at attention and saluted Zhang Tianhai and Li Chunfei: "Report to the regimental commander and deputy commander, there is an urgent call from the First Corps and the Second Corps, and you two need to go back and deal with it!"
"What is the content? Give it a rough outline?" Zhang Tianhai frowned slightly. If the call came at this time, something must have happened.
"It's like this. The General Headquarters of the First Corps ordered our regiment to leave for Nanchang immediately; the General Headquarters of the Second Corps ordered us to temporarily return our regiment to the command of the First Corps and obey the order!" the staff officer reported truthfully.
"Okay, I understand. Immediately notify the entire regiment's major officers above the battalion level to gather at the regiment headquarters and hold an emergency meeting!" Zhang Tianhai finally showed off his majesty as a regimental commander.
"Yes! Sir!" the staff officer responded, and then went back.
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An hour later, Zhang Tianhai, already fully dressed, was waiting quietly in the conference room for the arrival of his battalion commanders.
The people attending the meeting were originally the main officers at the battalion level and above, so there were not many people, and the meeting started quickly.
The place where the meeting was held was still simple. After clearing a small room, some tables and chairs were placed in it, and that was it.
"Battalion commanders, I, Zhang Yulin, summoned you back today because of urgent military matters. I received a notice from my superiors and asked us to prepare to leave for Nanchang immediately from now on." Zhang Tianhai leaned forward slightly and put his hands on the chair. The whole person is full of aggression.
"Members of the regiment, no matter how difficult and dangerous the future may be, as long as you give me an order, I will never frown in my humble position!" Lu Shaojie, the current commander of the 1st Battalion, stood up first and stood at attention, saluting. As an old subordinate of Zhang Tianhai, loyalty is something that is quite important. There is no doubt about it.
"Absolutely obey orders!" The other battalion commanders also stood up and stood at attention, saluting and promised.
Looking at the people in front of him, Zhang Tianhai was immediately confident and made his decision: "The troops are led by the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions as the front team, carrying the cavalry battalion and the baggage battalion directly under the regiment. The team went to Nanchang first, and the troops of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions were the rear troops, commanded by Deputy Commander Li, and followed the army to evacuate. Cameras were evacuated without delaying the fighter plane. As for the independent brigade, call Xu Flying dragon, you must be self-reliant and must not betray your country and surrender to the enemy.”
"Yes! Group seat!!" Everyone responded.
"The meeting is dismissed!" Zhang Tianhai waved his hand generously.
For Zhang Tianhai, this is the most correct decision he can make - because among the three battalions, the Fourth Battalion, the Fifth Battalion, and the Sixth Battalion, except for the Fourth Battalion, which is a veteran unit, the other two The battalions are all newly formed troops. If they are allowed to take the rear, they will undoubtedly give way to the enemy.
The battalion commanders of the first, second, and third battalions and the core troops among them are all veterans of the regiment.
It was already early autumn, and everything was desolate. At night, there would be a continuous autumn rain.
Since this is not a small combat operation, it is the largest military operation since the formation of the First Guard Regiment - including when it was directly under the First Regiment.
When commanding such a large force, Zhang Tianhai did not want to rush for success and put stability first.
This is not because Zhang Tianhai is indecisive, but because he knows that a war will not break out in the near future, especially the Wanjialing War.
According to Zhang Tianhai's speculation, the Japanese army should be actively preparing for war at this time, especially since the 106th Division, which was the main force in the Wanjialing victory in the later period, had been seriously injured and was in the midst of a long recovery period. It was absolutely impossible to invest immediately. Fighting, so he still has a little time.
It doesn’t take much time, it’s enough to reach Nanchang within ten days.
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On the ninth theater side, while Zhang Tianhai's first theater guard regiment was slowly evacuating, the battle in the fifth theater did not stop.
Yes, the battle in the fifth theater is the ongoing battle around Mount Fujin.
After several days of fighting, not only the troops of the 36th Division suffered heavy casualties, but also the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties.
For several days, the Japanese army had tried its best to take offensive measures, including gas bomb attacks, in order to capture Mount Fujin.
But what's the result? Not only did the troops suffer heavy losses, more than half of the entire division suffered casualties, and even officers at the level of battalion captain suffered many casualties.
This result made Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, the commander of the 13th Japanese Division, very embarrassed. The more frustrated he became, the more courageous he became. He wanted to capture the top of Mount Fujin to avenge his humiliation, but what was the result? Still afraid to move forward, the troops suffered heavy losses.
"Your Excellency, the division commander, the frontline troops have been defeated again. Our troops, retreat!" An officer ran in and reported.
Ogisu Tachibyou's face immediately turned red, and then he shouted loudly: "Baga!!"
"Snapped!!"
A loud slap sounded on the officer's face.
Without exception, he has become the punching bag of the division commander, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei.
"Hai!" the Japanese officer responded, then lowered his head silently.
"Immediately order the artillery troops to continue firing!!" Ogisu Tatebing cursed angrily, and his whole body was already trembling.
Not because of anything else, but because there seems to be a voice in Japan - "Our army encountered a strong enemy on the front line in northern China, but it is actually helpless..."
If not for this reason, why would he be like this?
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