Chairman Jiang was happy and quickly asked He Yingqin to send a commendation message to Gui Yongqing, and at the same time planned to set off for Zhengzhou. The army's victory had a good start for the entire Lanfeng Battle. The 14th Division of the Japanese army seemed to have become the fish on the cutting board of the National Army, and was waiting for Chairman Jiang to cut it with a knife, so he had to fly to the front line and experience the victory in person.

However, this time, Chairman Jiang was destined to be unable to do so. Before He Yingqin's reward was sent out, the battle situation in Lanfeng had taken a sharp turn for the worse.

The cavalry search squadron sent by the Sakai detachment fought an encounter with Qiu Qingquan's chariot search team near the Hongmiao. Most of the cavalry squadron was wiped out, but several cavalry still fled back and reported this amazing discovery to the detachment leader Sakai Takashi. Sakai Takashi immediately changed the direction of the attack and continued to detour southward from Yifeng.

After winning the encounter, Qiu Qingquan did not search in all directions, but advanced straight towards Kaocheng, and ended up passing by the main force of the Sakai Detachment. Considering the restrictions on the road on the march, the Sakai Detachment did not carry heavy firepower, so the march was very fast, and he rushed outside Lanfeng City that afternoon.

After receiving a report from the division commander Li Ying, Gui Yongqing couldn't believe his ears.

"What did you say? The little Japanese have fought outside Lanfeng City?" Gui Yongqing's eyes widened and stared at Li Ying tightly. How could this be possible? Qiu Qingquan's assault column had just won a battle in Hongmiao. How could the little Japanese fight so quickly? Could it be that the assault column had 136th Brigade, and the 13K was defeated by the little Japanese?

Thinking of this, Gui Yongqing's hair stood up all over his body. With the powerful combat power of the 13U Brigade and the 13 Qingquan Assault Column, the Japanese were defeated. How could the RR division resist the Japanese's troops with the division in Lanfeng City alone?

Others don’t know, but Gui Yongqing is very clear. The predecessor of the RR Division was Yu Pei, and the soldiers were eliminated during the reorganization of the Central Army, and the equipment was extremely poor. Many soldiers were still built by Hanyang. As for the division, after the Japanese were defeated on the Dangshan battlefield, they had not had time to fix them. Where did they get their combat power?

"Quick, hurry up." Gui Yongqing immediately summoned the adjutant to the front and said anxiously, "Pack up the things, withdraw, withdraw immediately."

At the critical moment, Gui Yongqing's first reaction was not to defend Lanfeng City and defend the lifeline of the Longhai Railway, but how to save his life and how to save the only remaining armed forces in his hands. The commander of the division Li Ying originally wanted to defend it, but when he saw that Gui Yongqing had escaped, he had to order a retreat.

However, the little Japanese came too quickly and suddenly. When Gui Yongqing walked out of the military headquarters surrounded by the guard platoon, fierce gunfire had even heard outside Lanfeng City. Seeing this situation, it was impossible to calmly deploy and retreat. Gui Yongqing immediately ordered Deputy Commander Li Shusen to organize various units to retreat, but he ran away with the guard platoon first.

Gui Yongqing escaped from Lanfeng to Kaifeng directly.

It was not until he escaped into Kaifeng City that Gui Yongqing finally recovered from his fear, and then suddenly realized that abandoning Lanfeng would trigger a series of reactions. What was even more serious was that this move directly cut off the retreat route of hundreds of vehicles stranded in Shangqiu's war preparations. Such serious consequences were definitely not something that Gui Yongqing could bear.

The worst thing is that he had just sent a good news to the commander-in-chief, but in a blink of an eye, he was beaten to the point of being thrown away by the Japanese, and even Lanfeng City was lost. He Yingqin and Chen Cheng were close to him, but he was afraid he would not be able to make any mistakes in front of the commissioner. As his thoughts turned, Gui Yongqing thought of shirking responsibility again, and the disaster moved eastward.

Gui Yongqing immediately took out his notebook pen, wrote a warrant, and handed it to the adjutant, reminding him: "Go and find a horse and deliver this warrant to the commander Long as soon as possible. Remember, you must hand it to Long Muhan in front of the officers and soldiers of the RR Division. Don't let Long Muhan secretly destroy the warrant."

The adjutant took the warrant and turned around to look for the horse.

Gui Yongqing's escape caused a series of chain reactions. Gui Yongqing was like the first domino. The second domino that fell immediately after Gui Yongqing was Li Ying's teacher, and then the one who fell was Long Muhan's RR master. Although Long Muhan was also from Huangpu, he did not have the same character as other Huangpu students.

Although the reorganized RR Division has not been in place, it has more than 7,000 officers and soldiers. Although the equipment is poor, it is still much stronger than the Sichuan Army. The poor equipment of the Sichuan Army is in the big field, Guangde and Teng County have shown their prestige. With the equipment and strength of the RR Division, it is absolutely possible to fight against the Japanese. It is impossible to defend Lanfeng for two days.

Unfortunately, Long Muhan didn't have the courage at all and soon ran away with the RR division.

The dR Division's escape without fighting triggered a subsequent reaction. Qiu Qingquan, who had just arrived in Kaocheng with the assault column, had not even had time to meet Ma Weilong, the defeated soldiers who escaped from Lanfeng City, heard that Lanfeng had lost, Qiu Qingquan was immediately anxious.

The assault column has powerful combat vehicles, as well as trucks, motorcycles, war defense artillery, and anti-aircraft artillery. The firepower is unprecedentedly strong. If it is put on a head-on battle, Qiu Qingquan even dares to fight head-on with the seventeen permanent divisions of Japan, but the powerful firepower of the assault column is based on unimpeded logistics support.

Once the logistics supply line is cut off by the Japanese army, the assault column will immediately become a tiger without teeth. Not to mention anything else, the consumption of fuel in the tank alone is a huge burden. Once the fuel is told, the tank trucks of the assault column will immediately fall into bed. At that time, the equipment exchanged from the Soviets will become the spoils of the little Japanese.

There was no other choice, Qiu Qingquan could only retreat from Kaocheng with his assault column. While the fuel he carried was not exhausted, while the Japanese had just occupied Lanfeng and had not had time to cut off the highway and railway traffic, he quickly withdrew the troops back to Kaifeng. Qiu Qingquan was unwilling to let his assault column become the spoils of Japan before a big battle was fought.

As soon as Qiu Qingquan's assault column retreated, and Lanfeng had lost, it would be meaningless for the three brigades of the 46th Division to defend Kaocheng. Deputy Division Commander Zhou Zhenqiang immediately ordered the troops to retreat to Kaifeng. As a result, on the way to retreat, he received an order from Deputy Commander Li Shusen on the retreat, ordering Zhou Zhenqiang to give up Kaocheng and lead his troops to retreat to Luowang Station.

As soon as the 46th Division withdrew, there were no other troops from the National Army near Lanfeng. The 14th Division captured Lanfeng without bloodshed. As a result, the Longhai Railway was cut off and the tasks that the 13th and 16th Divisions could not complete, intercepting the hundreds of war preparations for the National Army stranded in Shangqiu.

When the news reached Wuhan, the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin was stunned.

This morning, Gui Yongqing sent a good news, saying that he had won a big victory in Lanfeng. Why did Lanfeng lose in less than half a day? The contrast between the front and back is too big. Even if He Yingqin and Gui Yongqing are in-laws, they couldn't help but curse after receiving the news. Why did Gui Yongqing become more and more important, but his level is getting worse and worse?

He Yingqin then realized that the so-called Lanfeng Victory was mostly bragged by Gui Yongqing.

It's nothing to falsely report military achievements. The key is that Lanfeng is the throat of the Longhai Railway. The hundreds of war preparation materials provided by the Soviet Union were still stranded in Shangqiu. Lanfeng suddenly lost its way. The passage for the transport of this batch of war preparation materials to Wuhan was immediately cut off by Japan. This matter came to Chiang Kai-shek. Even though he was the second-in-command of the Party and the State, he could not make any mistakes.

But He Yingqin dared not hide such a big thing. In fact, He Yingqin could not hide it at all. Chairman Jiang quickly got the news and turned back to the camp halfway to the airport. As soon as he walked into the war room of the commander, Old Jiang threw the civilized stick in his hand to the ground fiercely. The war room, which was originally as lively as a vegetable market, was silent.

"Jingzhi, what's going on?" Old Jiang stared at He Yingqin and asked sternly, "Gui Yongqing said that he had won a big victory in the morning. Why did Lanfeng lose his defeat in less than half a day? Why did Lanfeng lose his defeat? The two remaining divisions of the 74th Army can guard Dangshan for two days when facing the Japanese two main divisions. The two divisions of his army, Jialong Muhan RR Division, the 46th Division is still an A-type division. Why can't they defend one day when facing the Japanese division?"

He Yingqin was speechless, so he had a hundred mouths that he could not explain for Gui Yongqing at this moment, and he could not explain. He understood Chiang Kai-shek's temper. Now Chiang was angry. The more he explained, the worse the result would be. Maybe Chiang would really order Gui Yongqing to be dismissed on the spot and then escorted back to Wuhan for execution.

The best choice at this moment is to remain silent, not say anything, and try to turn things around when Jiang Jiang’s anger fades away.

However, Lao Jiang was still angry and stretched out his finger and pointed at He Yingqin hard, and said sternly: "This matter must not be forgotten like this. When the Lanfeng Battle is over, the relevant military chiefs must be held accountable." After that, Lao Jiang turned his gaze to Chen Cheng and asked, "Ci Xiu, what should I do now?"

Chen Cheng had now digested the great shock brought to him by the news of Lanfeng's loss and said carefully: "Committee, although Lanfeng has been lost, the situation is still not bad enough to be irreversible. Although the Doihara Division occupied Lanfeng, it is still surrounded by several heavy army groups in our army."
Chapter completed!