"What, what did you say? Say it again?" Cao Xiang, chief of staff of the Army, held the microphone and asked repeatedly, with an extremely surprised expression on his face.

Huang Baitao remained calm and stared at Cao Xiang without saying a word.

I don’t know what was said on the other end of the phone, Cao Xiang immediately put down the microphone and said to Huang Baitao: “Military seat, Yu Qiao and Guanqian Town have lost contact. The 40th Division was suddenly attacked by the Japanese. The 75th Division and the 10th Division also appeared on the opposite side of the Japanese. The Japanese troops were currently fighting fiercely.”

"Yu Qiao, Guanqian Town has lost contact?" Huang Baitao's brows instantly twisted into pieces.

Cao Xiang nodded and said in a deep voice: "Military, the prospects of the 40th Division are not good, look..."

"Immediately transfer the secret service battalion directly under the military headquarters to protect the artillery regiment of the 40th Division, no matter what," Huang Baitao ordered immediately that the artillery regiment of the 40th Division was the only artillery regiment of the Army, and it was also the American-made artillery that had just been replaced. This is a treasure.

If this treasure is destroyed by Japan, not only will the army's offensive ability be greatly reduced, but Gu Zhutong and Chairman Jiang may not be able to forgive him, and he, the commander, should be the end of the battle.

"Yes," Cao Xiang agreed, and hurriedly turned around and gave an order.

"Yoshikawa is a romance, Yoshikawa is a romance" Huang Baitao walked to the map again, and fell into deep thought at the map. Originally, Huang Baitao just wanted to use the hand of the Japanese to teach Chen Shizhang a lesson | Because over the past two years, Chen Shizhang has gradually become arrogant and no longer takes him as the commander seriously.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Baitao did not decisively stop the 40th Division from advancing. He allowed the 40th Division to continue to take down Yuqiao after occupying Guanqian Town.

Huang Baitao originally thought that even if Yoshikawa Kiyoshi devoted himself to the main force of the UR division to launch a counterattack, the 40th Division could last at least a day with the solid fortifications built by the Japanese. With this day, it would be enough for the 7th and 10th Pei to support from both wings.

Although Huang Baitao dared not say that he would definitely defeat the Japanese UR Division by concentrating the forces of the three divisions, at least it is no problem to fight a stalemate. After all, the current Japanese army is no longer the Japanese army seven years ago, and his army is no longer the No. 7 years ago.

What's more, once the Japanese UR division invests all its forces to fight the decisive battle with the army, how could Xu Shijiu's anti-Japanese and national salvation army in southern Anhui and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui be vegetarian?

However, now, the situation seems to be out of control.

For some reason, the Japanese suddenly appeared behind Guanqian Town and launched a sudden attack on the division headquarters of the 40th Division. The artillery position of the 40th Division Artillery Regiment is not far away. If the Japanese seize the artillery position and destroy the artillery regiment...

Huang Baitao dared not think about it anymore, I hope it will be too late

(Split Line)

The army's direct secret service battalion was quite timely, and finally arrived at the artillery position of the 40th Division before the Japanese came. However, the artillery regiment retreat took time. The artillery regiment's cannons weighing several tons would not run back with long legs and needed to be dragged by a truck.

The trucks of the artillery regiment were limited and the local road conditions were poor. Because it was dark and the Japanese soldiers were approaching, the officers and soldiers of the artillery regiment were inevitably in a hurry. As a result, the busier they became, the more wrong they were. Several trucks holding cannons overturned to the ground, blocking a temporary simple road.

There is no way, the secret service camp can only fight to the death.

The fierce battle was until dawn, and the direct secret service battalion of the Army was almost completely injured and killed.

Fortunately, at this time, the 75th Division and the 10th Pei main force finally came to reinforce from the left and right wings, launched an attack on the Japanese from both wings, and the remnants of the 40th Division who had been defeated from the front line were finally organized and stubbornly blocked with the fortifications built by the artillery regiment in advance.

The situation was temporarily in a stalemate, and Huang Baitao finally realized that he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of Japan.

Compared with two years ago, the Japanese have indeed had obvious combat effectiveness, but this does not mean that they have no power to fight, nor does it mean that the national army's combat effectiveness has surpassed the Japanese army. In any case, the Japanese army still maintains a strong psychological advantage when facing the Chinese army.

The two sides stalemate until noon the next day, the old Japanese devils of Yoshikawa suddenly sent a brigade of infantry to detour from the left wing to the back of the army, trying to cut off the connection between the army and Tongling. The 10th Pei on the left wing of the army immediately wavered, and the front line was in danger.

(Split Line)

Gu Zhutong was furious in his superiors' office.

"How many times have I told him about Huang Baitao? Don't act rashly or act rashly. He just doesn't listen or doesn't listen. Now, it's okay, causing trouble? Even if the little Japanese is in a weak position, there are still more than one million troops on the battlefield in China. How can it be easy to mess with?"

Zhang Wenqing stood beside him, feeling secretly happy. Of course, Zhang Wenqing would not have any good feelings for Huang Baitao, who replaced him as the commander of the Army. Although Xu Shijiu was causing the matter, he could only blame Xu Shijiu if he wanted to blame. It seemed that he could not blame Huang Baitao, but Zhang Wenqing was just unhappy.

What's more, once Huang Baitao makes a mistake and is dismissed, then Zhang Wenqing will have another chance.

Of course, Zhang Wenqing would never show it on his face. He pretended to be worried and said: "General, the situation facing the Di Army is not very good now. Yoshikawa is really not easy to mess with. If you cannot lose the infantry brigade that is detoured behind the Di Army, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Eat the infantry brigade behind the detour army?" Gu Zhutong snorted, "Speak lightly, but where is the question?"

Gu Zhutong was really no troops to adjust. The Kuomintang army was defeated on the battlefield in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, with a loss of more than 600,000 troops, which immediately made the troops in various war zones tense. Gu Zhutong's third war zone did not directly participate in the battle in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, suffered little losses. However, in order to fill holes for the first, second, fifth and ninth war zones, Chairman Jiang drew a lot of main troops from the third war zone.

Now, the troops in the third war zone have been reduced to the lowest limit since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. All the troops have only been more than 100,000, but they have to be responsible for the defense in several directions such as southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, western Zhejiang, western Fujian and northern Guangdong. Gu Zhutong has long been stretched and embarrassed. Where can there be any extra troops sent to rescue Huang Baitao's army?

Zhang Wenqing smiled bitterly and said, "Master, no matter how tight the troops are, you can still save them. No matter what, the 40th Division is the first American armed division in our third war zone. If it is broken on the battlefield in Chizhou and the Master arrives in front of the old man, I'm afraid it's hard to explain it?"

Gu Zhutong's brows instantly twisted into a lump.

Zhang Wenqing is right. The 40th Division is the first American-made division to change into the third war zone. Gu Zhutong also spent a lot of talk and finally asked for it from Chairman Jiang. How long will it take? If it really falls on the battlefield in Chizhou, Chairman Jiang will definitely be furious.

"General, why don't you take Yu Pei to rush over?" Zhang Wenqing said.

Yupei was just formed after most of the main force in the third war zone was transferred, and he had no combat power at all. Zhang Wenqing volunteered to Ying but was not very kind. He made up his mind to take the lead and confirm that Huang Baitao lost his troops and lost his territory, and cleared obstacles for his return to the army.

However, Gu Zhutong did not adopt Zhang Wenqing's suggestion and said, "Yu Pei? Forget it. When you bring Yu Pei to Chizhou, it would be nice to have more than 9,000 people left with more than 1,000 people."

Zhang Wenqing closed his mouth a little embarrassedly, and he thought Gu Zhutong had seen through his thoughts.

Gu Zhutong gritted his teeth and said, "At present, there is no other way. He can only ask for help from the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui. I hope Xu Shijiu can take into account national justice and provide assistance to the Di Army."

(Split Line)

Longxugou stronghold, front-line command of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.

Xu Shijiu walked into the communication room and asked Ye Ruxue: "Director Ye, what's the specific situation?"

Ye Ruxue put down the codebook and handed the newly translated telegram paper to Xu Shijiu, saying, "The 4th Pei was counterattacked by the Japanese army in the early morning of this morning. For some reason, the Yuqiao position was immediately lost in Guanqian Town, which had just been revived yesterday, and the 40th Division collapsed..."

"What? The 40th Division has collapsed?"

"Damn, is a U.S. mechanic gone? These spoilers"

"Damn, this division's American equipment will be given to our southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. It will be so wasteful that the Japanese cannot find the north. It's so wasteful."

When he heard that the 40th Division had collapsed, Gao Shenxing, Li Zihan, Li Shuangqin and other senior generals of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui were so angry.

At this time, Xu Shijiu had already read the telegram.

There were two telegrams, one was an order sent by Gu Zhutong in the name of the War Zone Chief Department, and the other was sent by Huang Baitao, asking Xu Shijiu to help him out for the sake of the party and the country.

Xu Shijiu had no sense of belonging to the Kuomintang, and could even be said to be deeply disgusted. Therefore, he could never have helped Huang Baitao for the sake of the party and the country. However, Xu Shijiu decided to send troops.

No matter what, the army is China's anti-Japanese armed forces and friendly forces

Seeing the anti-Japanese friendly forces being eaten by the Japanese, Xu Shijiu couldn't get over this psychological hurdle.

Putting down the telegram, Xu Shijiu immediately turned around and walked out. While walking, he also ordered Liu Dagutou: "Call all officers above the group immediately and hold a meeting."

Gao Shenxing and Li Zihan also followed him out to discuss.

"Zihan, what am I saying? The little Japanese will definitely not be that bad. You still have to fight. Let me talk now. The 40th Division underestimates the enemy and advances rashly, and it is indeed a big loss, right?"

"Okay, you can do it. Your magic tricks are even better than Zhuge Liang."

"Zihan, don't be dissatisfied, my vision is to be better than you."
Chapter completed!