The provincial capital building was brightly lit and heavily guarded inside and outside the courtyard.
The commanders of each division, brigade, and regiment coordinated with the staff and formed two teams to enter the building.
Under the guidance of Ma Jinhai, they attended the war room.
Ye Anran stayed in Ma Jinshan's office.
There is a telegram from Jinling on the desk, the content of which is concise and comprehensive.
The bald head asked Ma Jinshan's troops to withdraw from Hecheng immediately, and the troops transferred from Shizikou into the pass.
The order pointed out that Ma Jinshan and the entire army should take the overall situation into consideration and not try to take Hecheng from the Japanese.
The most important thing was that he required the Northeastern Army to assume the task of suppressing bandits in East China after moving into the pass.
Are there any bandits now?
The only bandits are the Japanese, right? !
Ma Jinshan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back.
He looked at the military vehicles, artillery, and soldiers gathering on the street.
The eyes were as red as blood.
In November 1931, he and the Japanese fought a decisive battle at Jiangqiao. They ran out of ammunition and food and were isolated and helpless.
The flesh and blood of the soldiers dyed the entire Nenjiang red!
Jiang Qiao was littered with corpses. He called Jinling for help no less than three times, but all he got was a blank check from Jinling!
Now his troops of 16,000 have expanded to more than 70,000, from six brigades to nine brigades.
Most of them are young adults and are from Hecheng.
It's because the people of Hecheng believe in Ma Jinshan's character, and it's because they trust Ye Anran and feel that the Northeast Army will not abandon them.
A telegram from Jinling.
Ma Jinshan must retreat to the pass!
Ma Jinshan was very angry. He was full of swear words, so he went to the Presidential Palace to curse.
Compared to Ma Jinshan, who was so angry that his lungs were exploding, Ye Anran was calm. He put his feet on his elder brother's desk and lay down comfortably with Ge You.
"Report!"
Xie Ke entered the office and glanced at Ye Anran lying down out of the corner of his eye.
Good guy, Ye Anran is definitely the first person who dares to lie down so comfortably in the commander's room.
Ma Jinshan turned around and looked at Xie Ke.
"Commander, all commanders at the corps level and above, together with the staff of each unit, have arrived. Please give instructions."
Ye Anran stood up.
Let's have fun, let's make trouble, don't make fun of war.
"Walk!"
Ma Jinshan's expression relaxed a little, and then he left the office first.
Ye Anran and Xie Ke followed Ma Jinshan on the left and right, and the three of them entered the war room one after the other.
Suddenly, all the officers stood up with a roar.
They all looked at Ma Jinshan, Ye Anran and Xie Ke.
In front of all the officers, Ye Anran's military rank was not high.
He is just the lieutenant colonel leader of Jinling.
But in front of many officers, his prestige is second only to Ma Jinshan, and even slightly higher than Xie Ke.
Ma Jinshan placed Ye Anran's position on his right side.
In the eyes of many officers, they could tell what was going on at a glance.
"Everyone, please take a seat."
Ma Jinshan's sharp eyes swept across the officers present.
Wow~
Everyone is seated.
"Brothers, we have been digging trenches for a month and a half, and they are finally coming to use."
"Tomorrow, the little devil is going to hold the founding ceremony of Manchukuo in Lincheng!"
"The little devil he made is not authentic!"
"He openly invited us to attend the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, but secretly he stationed 100,000 troops in Tailai, Dongping, Tao'an, and Taonan!"
"We all know that the control of Hecheng is now in our hands."
"But after the founding of Manchukuo, what our brothers said will not matter."
"Whether we go to the Japanese founding ceremony or not, they will find a way to eliminate us."
"He brewed it. Before the Japanese destroy us, we must do everything we can to destroy the Japanese!"
"Hold Crane City, let's drink and eat meat!"
"If we can't defend Hecheng, we will live and die with Hecheng!"
Ma Jinshan sat upright and slapped the table angrily.
All the officers were in high spirits and responded in unison: "I swear to live and die with Crane City!!"
The entire war room echoed with the voices of all commanders and soldiers.
When everyone calmed down, Ma Jinshan sneered and said: "At this critical moment, Jinling asks us to give up resistance and move from Shizikou to the inside of the pass!"
"Join the bandit suppression operation!"
"What do you mean? It's just that fighting the Japanese is no longer important. What's important is eradicating dissidents!"
"Let me ask you all on behalf of the bald ones, do any of you want to leave? Come forward now, we brothers will fight, and I will not hold anything against you!"
The war room was silent.
The officers' faces turned red. To the frontline soldiers, this was an insult from Jinling.
Not all Northeastern troops are deserters!
Not all generals are cowards!
Seeing that the war room was very quiet, Ma Jinshan nodded. He saw the right person.
"Okay, let's talk the ugly story first. If anyone dares to defeat me on the battlefield, I will shoot him!"
"Now, let me announce the combat deployment around Crane City!"
Ma Jinshan pointed to the sand table in the middle of the combat conference table.
The military flag of the Northeast Army was planted on the sand table, and the location of the Japanese was marked on it.
Most of the combat deployments were decided jointly by Ma Jinshan, Xie Ke, Ye Anran and the commanders of each division.
Frontline battle map between us and the enemy
"102nd Division!"
"arrive."
The 102nd Division Jianghai stood up in response.
"Your troops are stationed at the first line of defense in Hecheng, and they are guarding Qianguandi, Houguandi, and Taikang. You must ensure the safety of Tangdi, the 101st Division Artillery Brigade on your left wing!"
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
"The 1st Brigade of the 101st Division!"
"arrive!"
Li Guosheng, the commander of the Independent 1st Brigade who temporarily replaced Jianghai, stood up quickly.
"Your headquarters is in Gujiadian. This location is very special. The artillery brigade is behind you. You must hold the position at all costs!"
"Promise to complete the mission!"
"The 103rd Division, the 101st Independent 2nd Brigade, and the 101st Independent 3rd Brigade are stationed on the third line of defense. Behind you is Crane City. Even if the Japanese want to enter the city, they will step on your corpses!"
"Commander, please rest assured, I will defend Crane City to the death!"
Ma Jinshan looked at the brothers present, "In the near future, I will go to the front line with my brothers, and I will tell the whole country that the Northeast Army did not betray the motherland, nor did it betray the people of Hecheng!"
"Somebody come!"
Ma Jinshan gave an order, and the guard outside the war room opened the door.
The guards lined up in two rows and carried wine jars into the war room.
At Xie Ke's command to stand up, all the officers stood up with a roar.
The guard handed everyone a big bowl!
They filled every officer's glass!
This is a bowl of Zhuangxing wine.
Or maybe it was a bowl of farewell wine.
Ye Anran was holding a large bowl of wine with mixed feelings in his heart.
Ma Jinshan picked up the big bowl and looked sideways at Ye Anran, "Vice Chairman Ye, can you tell us a few words?"
Everyone looked at Ye Anran.
Everyone is looking forward to it, looking forward to Ye Anran saying a few words!
"That's right, Vice Chairman Ye, we really like your speech. It feels very literate."
"What if we die on the battlefield and never hear it again."
In the crowd, a simple and honest face stood opposite Ye Anran.
Ye Anran recognized the man at a glance, Liu Hong, leader of the Third Regiment of the Second Independent Brigade.
When clearing out the Japs in Hecheng, Commander Liu suffered the greatest casualties.
"Captain Liu, kill the little devil, and we'll drink and eat meat with you!"
Liu Hong nodded heavily, "Thank you, Vice Chairman Ye!"
Ye Anran looked at all the officers present and said a few words?
What to talk about?
Going to the front line.
Say something happy!
He put down the large bowl of wine in his hand and clapped his hands.
The door to the war room was pushed open by the guard again.
Sun Maotian entered the war room with neatly lined up infantry.
Each of them held a brand new grease gun.
Everyone looked at the brand new submachine gun in surprise, dumbfounded.
Even Ma Jinshan and Xie Ke were extremely shocked.
Because Ye Anran never mentioned this incident at all.
Ye Anran didn't want to either. It was mainly when the troops were gathering that he received a call from Jin Yinan to deliver the goods.
He pointed at the grease gun and said, "Everyone, I won't give you any more excuses."
"This is the latest research and development and production of the butter submachine gun by Hecheng. It uses 11.43 mm caliber bullets, has an effective range of 200 meters, high accuracy and low recoil!"
"Before you go to the war room, I have ordered the logistics support force to distribute 2,000 butter submachine guns to each brigade under your commanders' command, plus 50,000 rounds of ammunition."
"These guns are gifts given to you by me on behalf of my eldest brother. I hope they can help you officers fight the enemy bravely!"
Xie Ke stood aside in a daze.
Envious of the hardness...
He thought Ye Anran was going to talk eloquently, but he didn't expect that he would hold back a big move in the end!
Ma Jinshan picked up the submachine gun and pulled the trigger with a clatter, which made him extremely excited.
"Why don't you thank Vice Chairman Ye quickly?"
"salute!"
All the officers saluted Ye Anran.
Ye Anran was flattered, and he quickly returned the military salute to everyone present.
After the ceremony.
Everyone drank the wine in the big bowl and smashed it into pieces!
"I order all troops to set off immediately and arrive at their fighting positions before dawn!!"
"yes!"
Under Ma Jinshan's order, all officers left the war room in an orderly manner.
Soon, the sounds of marching troops' footsteps were heard on the streets of Hecheng.
Trucks towing heavy artillery lined up in a long line and headed out of the city.
Ye Anran said goodbye to Ma Jinshan.
He and Ma Jinhai returned to the Shadow Regiment. The entire army was moving, but the Shadow Regiment was silent.
Ye Anran mixed all the reserve teams into the shadow regiment, and the combat order reached 3,000 people.
He returned to the regiment headquarters and immediately held a battle deployment.
The Shadow Regiment's artillery battalion towed 13 field guns and maneuvered overnight to Dorai Station.
Zhao Xiaohei, commander of the 9th Mixed Infantry Company, established a defensive position at Duonai Station to ensure the safety of the artillery battalion.
The cavalry and infantry battalions moved to Wuxing overnight.
Standby as a commando.
Ye Anran's main target is not the Taosuo security forces in Tailai County.
He ignored Zhang Peng's traitors.
The only one he could pay attention to was the 20th Regiment of Utsunomiya Artillery stationed in Dongping Station.
He wants to pull out the Japanese's 20th Artillery Regiment before the 15th.
After Ye Anran completed the battle deployment, he gave Zhang Erpao a separate lesson and prepared some "gifts" for him.
Subsequently, the units of the Shadow Regiment quickly set off.
There was a magical scene on the street.
The main road in front of the Shadow Group was crowded with people.
Until the headlights of the Shadow Regiment's motorcade illuminated the road ahead, the troops on the road began to change from four teams to one, all making room for the Shadow Regiment.
Just now, when each division, brigade, and regiment issued combat missions to the troops, they also conveyed the forward deployment of the 101st Division's shadow regiment.
In fact, their officers all saw the deployment of the Shadow Regiment on the sand table.
At the forefront of all troops.
Even, at the forefront of the first line of defense!
