Wang Jun's face turned pale after being scolded, but in fact he really didn't know the current location of the various divisions of Yu Hanmou's Cantonese troops! Even the plan he gave was just a product of the Nanjing government.

He was just following the script, and Yu Hanmou also knew what was going on. He stood up and joked to smooth things over. Wang Jun's face looked very ugly. At this time, someone was humane.

"I think we can set up defenses on both sides of the Guangzeng Highway, north of Fuhe, Shiqiao and Shitan, to block the enemy invading Guangzhou and cover the retreat of citizens..."

As soon as this proposal was put forward, everyone immediately nodded. At least it seemed to be relatively realistic, much more practical than Wang Jun's. The most important thing was that this way, even if there was a problem, he would have time to prepare for retreat.

After discussion, this proposal was agreed by Yu Hanmou. At that time, he gave verbal orders to assign tasks to the divisions, brigades, and regiments, asking them to take action immediately and set off to the designated positions to prepare to meet the attacking Japanese troops.

In fact, the bigger reason why they opposed Wang Jun was that Chiang Kai-shek refused to send even one plane to help with the investigation! You know, Chiang Kai-shek now has more than 200 fighter jets gathered in Nanjing and other places!

This is a gathering of all the fighter jets from the Guangxi, Guangdong, and his own Central Army! Not to mention asking for air combat support, it would be good to even help with reconnaissance.

It is a pity that Chiang Zhongzheng said nothing about this. Everyone also knew what was going on. If the Central Army was here, I am afraid that Chiang Zhongzheng would have sent planes to assist in the battle. It is a pity that they are a "miscellaneous" army.

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Li Jiezhi, then chief of police in the capital of Guangdong Province, recalled this:

"This was the last military meeting at the Fourth Route Army Headquarters before Guangzhou abandoned its defense. When Yu Hanmou had decided to resist the enemy forces to cover Guangzhou's retreat and entered into discussions on military deployment and details, I invited Ma Binghong, Director of the Military Supplies Department of the Headquarters, and Military Medical Officer

Director Zhang Jian and three or four other people went to another room to discuss issues related to rear service work.

At that time, everyone believed that the situation was urgent. Unless there was a miracle, it was only a matter of time before Guangzhou fell. We calculated that the distance between Zengcheng and Guangzhou was more than 100 miles. If we fought between Guangzhou and Zengcheng as planned, we could support it for at least three days.

We still have five days to evacuate.

Therefore, we decided to seize the time and evacuate various military supplies and hospital sick and wounded personnel to the vicinity of Shaoguan in northern Guangdong, and asked Jian Zuozhen, the sub-supervisor of the Fourth Route Military Station, to prepare as many land and water transport vehicles as possible as soon as possible."

Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that Yu Hanmou was already ready to evacuate.

At dawn, Liu Shaowu, chief of staff of the military depot general department, came in a hurry and found Li Jiezhi. Seeing his ugly face, Li Jiezhi asked, "What happened?!"

"I just received a call from the communications team switchboard to inform that the enemy has crossed Zengcheng and is advancing towards Guangzhou City. Mr. Yu (Yu Hanmou) and the personnel of various military agencies have left before dawn. We must leave Guangzhou as soon as possible."

Li Jiezhi was dumbfounded at the time! He thought the news was ridiculous. It was clearly decided at the Yu Mansion meeting last night to mobilize various troops to the front lines of Zhongxinfuhe to resist the enemy. According to Li Jiezhi's calculation:

Now Yu Han's army also includes Liang Shiji's division, Zeng Youren's division, Zhang Ruigui's Zhong Fangjun's brigade, Zhang Jiansun's brigade, Yu Boquan's chariot battalion and Chen Zhang's Deng Qichang's brigade newly transferred from Qiongya, as well as Zhang Junsong's two tax police regiments, plus Li Jiang's

There are nine squadrons of the military police. There are more than 4,000 armed policemen in Guangzhou, with a total strength of no less than 35,000!

It can be supported there for at least three to five days. The enemy will never be able to march straight towards Guangdong immediately, and those at the headquarters will not slip away without telling them to wait for others?!

Li Jiezhi calmed down, guessing that Yu Hanmou and others might have gone to the temporary command post in Dafuling, the northeastern suburbs, so he tried calling the headquarters and Yu's residence, but no one answered, and then his expression suddenly changed!

"Brother Tianren, could you please go to the Guangzhou Security Headquarters of Guangxiao Temple and find out what is going on!"

"Okay! I'll go right away!" Liu Shaowu nodded with an ugly face, then turned and left. He also found this kind of thing incredible! As the local garrison chief, the commander of tens of thousands of soldiers actually took the lead in escaping! This is still an invasion war.

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It's a pity that the answer Liu Shaowu came back made him despair!

"The personnel of the Garrison Headquarters have boarded the vehicle and are ready to go. The Ministry's Chief of Staff Zeng Qiqing said that Mr. Yu and the headquarters staff indeed left Guangzhou at 4 o'clock this morning, probably going to Huaxian County."

After hearing these words, Li Jiezhi's heart suddenly went cold! He was speechless for a long time...

The country raises troops to defend the country and protect the people. Now that the enemy has not yet arrived, our group of people have fled for their own lives, leaving the common people alone and secretly abandoning Guangzhou. As a Chinese active-duty soldier, the enemy is currently so cowardly!

Ask yourself, I would rather die than you deserve! Ask yourself, I would rather die!!!

"Ring ring ring..." I don't know how long it took, but Liu Shaowu had left the table and the phone rang. Li Jiezhi tremblingly picked up the phone and said softly

"I'm Li Jiezhi, who is this?!"

"Director Li, this is Zhang Jianye from the Military Medical Department! What is going on now?! I went to the headquarters and Yu Mansion in the morning. But there was no one there! What the hell is going on?!" It was the military doctor who called to inquire about the situation.

Director Zhang Jianye.

After listening to Zhang Jianye's words, Li Jie didn't know what to say for a moment. Could it be that Mr. Yu had sent away his wife, children, and children and was preparing to run away too?! What kind of words are these?!

And what is the current situation of the war?! According to the memories of the commander of the 186th Division of the National Revolutionary Army at the time:

On the evening of the 12th, I received a call from Commander Mo: The enemy's vanguard troops had arrived in Tamsui. On the evening of the 13th, I received a call from Commander Mo: The He Brigade could not be contacted and Huizhou had no troops to defend. It was decided to abandon Huizhou that night and block the enemy from crossing the river on the west bank of the river.

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At noon on the 14th, the enemy's leading troops had arrived in Huizhou. That night, I received an order from the headquarters, to the effect that the enemy had two divisions, the main force was rushing down and landing at Aotou, and the other one was landing at Renshan, Yanzaobei and Pingshan.

The situation of our brigade is unknown. In order to take advantage of the Zengjiang obstacle and concentrate our forces for a decisive battle with the enemy, our army has redeployed as follows: ** The 20th brigade concentrated near Zhengguowu in Zengcheng and attacked the enemy with cameras; the 186th Division should send a regiment to Luofu Mountain

Cooperate with Zhong Fangjun of the 153rd Division to block the enemy on the Hui-Guang Highway.

The 186th Division occupied the existing positions on both sides of the Zengjiang River and blocked the enemy from the line between xkou (forgot the place name) and Shitan; the 154th Division gathered near Fuhe as the general reserve; the 63rd Army should send a brigade and command the 186th Division in Luofu

A regiment near the mountain took advantage of the favorable terrain on both sides of Luofu Mountain to flank the enemy advancing on the Hui-Guang Highway.

The 158th Division, the 152nd Division, the 9th ** Brigade and Zhang Junsong's Tax Police Regiment are the second line of troops and are assembled near Guangzhou; the 157th Division should take a shortcut and quickly concentrate on Zijin and Heyuan.

On the 15th, the enemy had built a bridge in Huizhou. At dawn on the 16th, the enemy had crossed the river. The 151st Division's special agent battalion made slight contact with the enemy and retreated towards Xiangshui. After the enemy crossed the Dongjiang River, they sent a right detachment with four guns attached.

In Huizhou, we left Longmen and Yonghan in the direction of the river source to surround our flank; another group (about one brigade) passed through Xiangshui and across the river to Zhengguo, and the main force advanced along the Hui-Guang Highway.

In the early morning of the 18th, near Futian.

"Boom, boom, boom...Boom! Boom! Boom..." The sound of artillery boomed, machine guns, rifles, and mortars fired simultaneously. The sound was loud and the valley thundered! The Japanese troops marching down the mountain were caught off guard and were hit.

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But this Japanese army was not weak either. They immediately followed the Japanese army's tactical regulations to find cover and shoot at the fire!

"Bang bang bang...ta da da..." The two sides immediately started fighting, but after all, the Japanese army suffered a huge loss due to the sudden attack! They could only barely resist the attack of the Cantonese army.

The ones fighting the Japanese army here were the two regiments of Major General Zhong Fangjun, commander of the 459th Brigade of the 153rd Division of the Army, and Ye Zhinan's regiment.

Xiao Bingjun, then the political instructor of the 916th Regiment of the 459th Brigade of the 153rd Division recalled:

The large force of our army was sheltered in a small forest, catching the enemy off guard. They fired head-on, machine guns, rifles, and mortars all at once. The sound was loud and the valley thundered. The enemy was thrown into chaos. Soon, the sky became bright and the enemy's follow-up troops

They also continued to arrive, and a fierce battle began.

Indeed, at first, the 459th Brigade had some advantages because of the ambush. But then! Once dawn came, the Japanese follow-up troops came up, and the 459th Brigade immediately fell into a passive position!

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese artillery regiment arrived! Then they saw them slowly pushing the artillery to the commanding heights of Luofu Mountain. Zhong Fangjun saw the Japanese army pushing the artillery up the mountain through the telescope, and his face became gloomy...

"Boom, boom, boom...Boom! Boom! Boom..." The Japanese artillery fire was the first to sound! There was a burst of indiscriminate bombardment against the 459th Brigade position! The roar of "Buzz, buzz..." came, and the Japanese army

The fighter jets have also arrived!

The Japanese fighter planes painted with "Hinomaru" flew by with strange roars in the sky! Those 7.7mm-caliber guns were fired at the ground with a "burst, burst..." burst!

The two regiments of the 459th Brigade on the ground couldn't bear to show their weakness! The firepower of the light and heavy machine guns came together, and they fired a series of fierce sweeps into the air!

"Assault!!" A strange roar came from the Japanese army's position, but they saw the Japanese cavalry "rumbling..." towards the position!

"Thud, tut, tut...tat, dat...bang! Bang..." The sound of gunshots was mixed and chaotic on the battlefield, and countless Cantonese soldiers roared and fought with the Japanese troops who rushed forward!

The Japanese cavalry divided into two wings and outflanked the 459th Brigade. At the same time, the Japanese infantry also launched a charge towards the position! After a while, the two sides collided! They fell into a fierce hand-to-hand battle!

"Throw away your mother!" roars kept ringing on the battlefield! Amidst the roars, countless soldiers brandished swords, rifle butts, and bayonets to fight against the Japanese army!

"Pfft..." A veteran of the Cantonese army who wielded a machete and chopped down Japanese soldiers had just cut down a Japanese soldier, but was immediately stabbed in the chest and abdomen by several Japanese soldiers nearby who screamed strangely! He fell down miserably...

But these Japanese soldiers were immediately chopped up and chopped down by the Cantonese soldiers who shouted "Ignore you!" behind them! Situations like this kept happening on the battlefield! Countless blood was sprinkled all over the battlefield!

The Japanese army finally retreated... but then the fighter planes and artillery came roaring madly again! Looking at the Japanese fighter planes flying in the sky and the roaring Japanese artillery 459th Brigade, no one among the soldiers of the 459th Artillery Brigade retreated!

"Lie down!!"

"Boom, boom, boom..." The sound of bombings and the roar of machine guns suddenly became loud! And when the roar of planes and artillery ended, the Japanese army launched another attack!

Under the double blow of aircraft and artillery, there were heavy casualties on the position! But still no one retreated, and everyone started fighting with the Japanese army again! Unfortunately, there were too few living people and the Japanese army had higher strength, weapons and individual soldiers than those in Guangdong.

Army! They are about to attack at the first sight!

"Assault!!" The originally crawling Japanese troops shouted, and all the Japanese troops immediately raised their bayonets and rushed towards the Cantonese army's position!

The heavy machine guns roared "Chuchu,chuchu...". This was the Japanese heavy machine gun providing cover for their charging troops! And after a while, the Japanese army relied on their superiority in strength to reach the position again! Both sides fought in one mass! And the Guangdong army

But the army is gradually declining...

"I'm going to throw you away! Your father, Huang Shulin, is here!! Shit! Shovel!" When the soldiers on the battlefield heard this voice, they couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts! This was the voice of Huang Zhihong, the leader of their 916 regiment!

It turned out that when Huang Zhihong saw that there were no more troops to use, he did not hesitate to lead the regiment's special agent company to charge towards the enemy! When the Cantonese soldiers on the position saw that the regiment commander was coming to kill them, their morale was greatly boosted! They suddenly withstood the Japanese army.

Fight! Hold on!

And Huang Zhihong, who was wearing an officer's uniform, naturally became the focus of the Japanese army's firepower. Heavy machine guns, light machine guns, etc. all shot at him! The purpose was to kill him on the battlefield and break the momentum of the Cantonese army!

On the battlefield, once you are targeted by light and heavy machine guns, it is extremely difficult to escape! Especially in a state of hand-to-hand combat!

"Tu tu tu tu..." The Japanese army's efforts were finally in vain. Huang Zhihong was hit by a heavy machine gun! He roared and rolled over. He fell into the pit!

"Captain!!" The whole group roared, and what they heard were their leader's angry words: "Kill the Japanese! I'm not going to die yet and howl like a ****!"

In fact, Huang Zhihong was seriously injured! The blood poured out as if it was free, but he still gritted his teeth and roared at the Cantonese soldiers! In order to stabilize the morale of the army!

The Japanese army finally retreated again. Xiao Bingjun, regimental deputy Xu Yimin and several others hurried down the hillside to find their regimental leader. After seeing Huang Zhihong in a pool of blood, everyone was sobbing softly.

"Howl! I'm not dead yet!" Huang Zhihong gasped and shouted loudly to the regiment deputy Xu Yimin: "Regiment deputy Xu Yimin! When I can't command the troops, you take command for me! Remember! There are no orders.

No taking a step back!"

"Yes!!" Xu Yimin, the regimental deputy, responded loudly with red eyes! Then Huang Zhihong took out his private seal with difficulty and handed it to Xu Yimin, which was regarded as a simple handover of command.
To be continued...