"Report to the commander-in-chief. According to the information sent back by the special agent company of the First Guard Regiment, the Japanese infantry unit, about one brigade, plus a cavalry regiment, is rushing to Juankou Town. Report completed!" A staff officer on duty ran to Zhang Tianhai reported in front of him.
After hearing the news, Zhang Tianhai couldn't help but take a breath: Fortunately, Zhou Fangjie and the others were asked to withdraw, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to escape.
Indeed, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army is their fighting strength; and the cavalry regiment of the Japanese army is their mobility force.
You can't fight, you can't run, you can't run away - unless the Ninth Theater District Guard Force fully participates in the war, there is a chance of survival; but the Ninth Theater District Guard Force fully participates in the war, the gains outweigh the losses, because Once fully involved in the war, it means. The security forces of the Ninth Theater Zone must face the main force of the Japanese Sixth Division independently.
Zhang Tianhai knew very well how ferocious the Japanese army was - if they faced the main force of the Sixth Division, the First Guard Regiment and the Second Guard Regiment would definitely be crippled, and even the Guards would be crippled. The third group may not be able to escape intact.
Without any advantage, Zhang Tianhai was naturally unwilling to face the Japanese Sixth Division independently.
"Immediately call and ask each unit whether they have entered the predetermined positions according to plan No. 2. After asking, please reply to me immediately!" Zhang Tianhai showed rare nervousness on his face.
There is no way, because according to the movements of the Japanese army, their reinforcements have already arrived. If the Japanese army takes the opportunity to cross the Xinqiang River and attack, and the national army has no preparations, I am afraid that the Japanese army can directly penetrate the Xinqiang River and go straight to Changsha. If he goes, then Zhang Tianhai will be a sinner for the ages - he cannot bear the blame for this crime, let alone the infamy for the ages.
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!" The staff officer on duty stood at attention and saluted, and then disappeared in a flash.
Looking at the departing staff officer on duty, Zhang Tianhai sighed softly, then sat down and continued to process official documents.
About half an hour later, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door of the commander-in-chief's office. Zhang Tianhai, who was already a little impatient, immediately put down the pen in his hand.
I heard a voice coming from outside the door: "Old Zhang, are you in the office?"
Zhang Tianhai's eyes turned to the door, and he saw Zhou Fangjie striding in from the door, looking angry.
"Lao Zhou, you are finally back now. Let me tell you, you are lucky to have evacuated quickly, otherwise you would not have been able to evacuate." Seeing Zhou Fangjie's unhappy look, Zhang Tianhai simply spoke first, otherwise there would be some confusion Misunderstandings are bad.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Tianhai's words, Zhou Fangjie's anger immediately disappeared. He widened his eyes and said, "Are you really that good? Can you even guess the Japanese army's subsequent moves?"
"What's the point? If you don't run when you should run, there is really a risk of being surrounded." Zhang Tianhai sighed softly, and then found the front line map of the Ninth Theater Commander's Headquarters from his desk. The report on the battle situation was handed to Zhou Fangjie and said: "Brother Fang Jie, I don't need to say more, you can see for yourself!"
Gu Dun and Zhou Fangjie took the notice and read it carefully. After reading it, he raised his head with a wry smile and said: "Hey, it's true that people are not as good as God. We have worked hard for so long. Wasn't the purpose of the battle just to mobilize the Japanese troops on the battlefield in Suizao? Who would have thought that the Japanese army would mobilize troops directly from the battlefield in Jiangxi. It seems...our efforts were in vain."
Zhang Tianhai smiled, patted Zhou Fangjie on the shoulder, and said, "Actually, it's not in vain! Didn't we just take away their advance observation point? We also mobilized so many Japanese troops, so it's not a waste of time." It relieves the pressure on the brothers on the battlefield in Jiangxi."
"That's all I can say." Zhou Fangjie shook his head helplessly, "These little Japanese are really fast. As soon as we took away their outpost observation point with our front foot, their troops arrived with our rear foot. But for us It caused a lot of trouble, but fortunately I reserved two battalions of troops to station at various mountain passes, otherwise they would have been caught off guard."
"Little Japan arranged this outpost observation point, didn't they just want to guard the front position at the minimum cost?" Zhang Tianhai began to analyze slowly, "Their advantage lies in having such a huge cavalry unit as the cavalry regiment, plus They have enough radio stations to configure. If we hadn't dispatched the artillery battalion and the special agent company to cooperate, I really don't know what the fight would have been like."
After Zhou Fangjie heard Zhang Tianhai's words, he couldn't help but feel scared: Fortunately, these people from the First Guard Regiment are here. If a different army were to fight this battle, the result would be self-evident: it would definitely be... It ended in disastrous failure.
Looking at the expression on Zhou Fangjie's face, Zhang Tianhai roughly guessed what he was thinking.
So, Zhang Tianhai patted Zhou Fangjie on the shoulder again and said: "What are you afraid of? Aren't we all killed on the Nanjing battlefield? Wasn't our opponent at that time their son-of-a-bitch Sixth Division? At that time, we Their equipment is much worse than it is now, so didn’t they break out from the direction of Chunhua Town?"
As he said that, the two of them were so proud. They looked at each other and smiled. Zhou Fangjie said: "Yes, our equipment was much worse at that time. Wouldn't we still kill them by surprise? I really live longer and go back. At that time, our equipment was poor, our troops were small, and the combat effectiveness of the friendly forces we cooperated with was also poor. But now, our troops' equipment is getting better and better, and their scale is getting bigger, and the friendly forces responsible for cooperation have also changed from inferior equipment to The Northwestern Army was replaced by the Central Army, which is now well-equipped, but I am becoming more and more timid, but I really shouldn’t think about it.”
"That's right, that's the right thing to think about. Let's have a good fight, aren't we just the Japanese troops of the two divisions? Excluding the 15th Group Army they have to face and the troops stationed in Yueyang, let's face the enemy head-on. What we may face is just one division and a cavalry regiment of Japanese troops. If a fight really breaks out, I believe Commander Guan Linzheng will not refuse to save him, right?" Zhang Tianhai said with a smile, his face filled with emotion. Confidence and pride.
"That's indeed the case. Let me ask you something. If I had disobeyed the order, failed to retreat and started fighting with the Japanese troops, would you have sent troops back to meet us?" Zhou Fangjie asked seriously.
"Yes." Zhang Tianhai nodded without hesitation, "Since the establishment of our theater security force, we have not had the tradition of abandoning our teammates!"
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