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Chapter 694: Preparations for the Battle of Lanfeng

There is a saying: I can’t bear to leave my children and can’t trap the wolf. I can’t bear to leave my wife and can’t catch the pervert.

But even though a cannon group sacrificed is an old weapon, for GJ, who has no heavy firepower equipment, even a little loss can make people feel distressed.

Leng Feng also knew, but he understood one truth better: the role these old-fashioned artillery can play in the battlefield is getting smaller and smaller, and it will be sooner or later to disappear.

War is the catalyst for new weapons and equipment. After a few years, various new weapons have sprung out like mushrooms after a rain. The best place for an old howitzer is to be used for teaching, or to be placed on a coastal turret to exert some residual heat.

It is really used on the battlefield. In front of howitzers with a range of more than twice as powerful as it is more powerful, once exposed, they will be blown to pieces.

The 17th Artillery Regiment is not his unit, it is an artillery unit directly under the Military Commission. He can use it now because of Lao Chiang's order. However, if he tossed the artillery regiment, it would be hard to say whether Lao Chiang would have any ideas about him.

Now every cannon is a treasure pill for GJ. There is no way to stop the damage to the war, unless you hide all these treasure pills at home.

"Captain Zhang, your task is to take your cannon ball around the south..." Leng Feng drew a circle on the map and explained carefully.

"After arriving at Linpu, our troops will be there to pick you up. Each of your guns carries sixty shells, and there are a total of nine hundred and sixty..."

Leng Feng was talking, Zhang Yingqi was listening seriously, Long Yingqin stood aside, and listened, and did not interrupt.

"Captain Zhang, you only have ten to fifteen minutes. I don't ask you to fight at all. Just call me around this range."

"I understand. After shooting all the shells, we will evacuate the position, no matter who cannons are right?" Zhang Yingqi understood Leng Feng's purpose, and he ran away after shooting.

"Yes, just run away after hitting someone."

The reason why Leng Feng formulated such an adventurous plan was because he obtained information that after crossing the river, the Japanese troops gathered near Dongkou Town, especially many heavy equipment, after they got ashore, they drove into Dongkou Town.

Kenji Doihara must have received information. The Honorary Division did not have heavy artillery with an unexpected range of more than ten kilometers. No such artillery appeared whether it was attacking Jining or Yanzhou.

Dongkou Town is nine kilometers away from Juancheng. If there were such artillery, it would have been taken out long ago. Otherwise, the artillery position would need to be pushed near Dongkou Town and bombarded the floating bridge?

Isn’t this an unnecessary move?

Therefore, Kenji Doihara was assured and bold assembled heavy equipment in Dongkou Town. As for why he didn't go south immediately, it was unknown.

Leng Feng himself also imagined several situations. First of all, it was a matter of time. After heavy equipment crossing the river, it was estimated that it would be almost dark. At this time, the danger was increasing when going south, especially when Linpu encountered a stubborn obstacle. In addition, when crossing the river, in order to reduce the weight, the Japanese tanks must have taken measures to reduce the burden. In this way, it will inevitably take time to recover...

Of course, these assumptions need to be verified.

As long as the Japanese army does not move before the evening, they will not move tonight, so that his plan will be successful.

"Captain Zhang, you go down and rest first, be prepared, and wait for my order!" Leng Feng gave a solemn order.

"Yes, Chief Leng!" Zhang Yingqi saluted and walked out with great strides.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Master, your room has been arranged next door. Do you want to go and take a look?" Xiao Xia walked in from outside and reported.

"No need to worry about it, just set me up a camp bed here."

"How can you do it? There are people coming and going here, how can you rest well?" Long Yingqin said.

"I can only sleep if I live next door. If I can't hear any movement here, I will not be at ease." Leng Feng waved his hand, "Just do what I said, there is no need to worry about it. The extra houses can be placed in other departments, and our place is not big."

"Adjutant Cong sent a telegram from Zhengzhou. Jiang Jiang met them during lunch today. There were also pilots from the Seventh Squadron, all of whom were promoted to the military ranks."

"This is a good thing, has Cong Hu brought major?" Leng Feng smiled. He also wanted to suppress Cong Hu's military rank. After a few days, he would have real military achievements and then he would be promoted to major.

Let me explain that Cong Hu's major is a major, but in fact, the military rank is just a "captain". Now the major is the major who is awarded the rank.

(This is different. If you are interested, you can check the relevant knowledge about GJ's military rank. I won't explain the extra ones)

Just like Leng Feng, he was in the stage of the creation of the Honorary First Division, but he was only a major general commander. This major general also has a military rank, and the real military rank was officially awarded by the Military Commission after he arrived in Wuhan.

Sun Zhongren, who was in the Tax Police Corps before, had worn the rank of lieutenant general, but that was not recognized by the State Government. After the Honorary Division, he was in charge of the newly formed 36th Brigade, he received the rank of major general.

In comparison, the rank of major generals in the latter place is much more valuable than that of the previous lieutenant generals.

"Also, Adjutant Cong wants to come back to join the war. This is his telegram to ask for battle." Xue Ping took out a telegram from the folder and handed it over.

"Call back, not accurate!"

"Master, are these two words?"

"Just two words." Leng Feng nodded.

The command center was settled, and Leng Feng also entered the intense work. Various news came together. His brain was running at high speed, like a high-speed machine, making instructions and decisions anytime and anywhere.

"Hey, okay, I understand, I will report to the master's seat right away..."

"What, how many casualties, more than one hundred people..."

"Break through the outer positions, when... has been taken back..."

"It's already on the ship, OK."

"The division seat, the task force has arrived in Jining and is expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon."

Leng Feng nodded. Liang Dong and the others came back very quickly. It took less than two days to rush back to Jining from Qingcheng. I really don’t know how they did it.

"Where are Yang Rui and the others?"

"Captain Yang Rui took the land route and had to go north from Xiaoxian in the north of Xuzhou. It is estimated that it will be later than Chief Liang and the others."

Leng Feng nodded. Although there are cars to carry, it is not that easy to walk. There are no decent highways in these areas, and dirt roads are the hardest to walk.

In the afternoon, the 28th Division got off the train from Lanfeng and, led by the division commander Dong Zhao, headed towards Caozhou at full speed.

Song Yinguo, the Liuyang River training unit far away in Hunan, received a telegram from Chief of Staff He Jing, and hurriedly got on the plane and came to Wuhan to report.

When I arrived in Wuhan, I hurriedly met He Jingzhi and hurriedly got on the plane. It was originally flying directly to Zhengzhou, but later I heard that Jiang had flew to Guide, so the plane changed to Guide!

In this way, the two of them landed at the Guide military airport one after another.

After arriving at Guide, Lao Jiang immediately summoned his confidant general and signed an appointment on the spot, appointing him as the commander of the 71st Army, and told him that the 71st Army had already launched defense near Lanfeng and asked him to go directly to Lanfeng to take office.

Song Yinguo didn't breathe, and boarded the train to Lanfeng.

On this day, Song Yinguo spent either on a plane or on a train. When others arrived in Lanfeng, his direct team boarded the train from Hunan and rushed north.

Leng Feng also received a notice from the First War Zone that Chiang Kai-shek's dispatch of the 71st Army to defend Lanfeng was exactly the same as in history. In addition, Gui Yongqing's 27th Army also advanced to the Lanfeng area.

This made Leng Feng think of Qiu Qingquan, who had not been in contact for a long time. At this time, Qiu Qingquan was already the deputy commander of the 27th Army and also the commander of the 46th Division.

Because of the soldiers and weapons supported by Leng Feng, the 46th Division quickly recovered its considerable combat effectiveness, almost the fastest recovered force in the Central Army.

Gui Yongqing also rose to the point of rising and gained greater trust from Chiang Kai-shek. Qiu Qingquan's impression also greatly improved Chiang Kai-shek and was promoted to deputy commander at once.

Of course, Qiu's rise is also a factor in Nanjing. If he had not been the commander of the Honorary First Division for a short time, he would probably not have risen so quickly. This experience of his loss in Nanjing was enough for him to lie dormant for a while.

Now it is a blessing in disguise. With such a relationship with the Honor Division, the channels for promotion must be unobstructed. Even Gui Yongqing couldn't help but be jealous of his subordinates.

Leng Feng thought that Shou Lanfeng was afraid that he would really join forces with his mentor to fight the enemy.

The 46th Division stayed in Guide for a while. After receiving the troops and weapons, it was transferred to Xuchang for rest and took over the defense of the 20th Corps.

This time, I was urgently transferred north again. As soon as Qiu Qingquan received the transfer order, Leng Feng's telegram arrived.

The 46th Division went north and was arranged to east of the Dangshan line to ensure the safety of the Longhai Railway Line. There was nothing wrong with this arrangement, but Leng Feng's telegram asked him to win Lanfeng.

Do the Japanese army want to attack Lanfeng?

All signs indicate that the Japanese army had no intention of Lanfeng, and Leng Feng analyzed and judged in the telegram that the Japanese army would most likely attack Lanfeng in the next step.

Qiu Qingquan was hesitant. He believed in Leng Feng's judgment, but the military orders were like mountains, and he could not change as soon as he wanted. Besides, even if the 46th Division went to Lanfeng, who would guard Dangshan?

So Qiu Qingquan replied to Leng Feng, saying that he had to go to Dangshan first according to the transfer order. As for what would happen next, it would be determined according to the situation of the battle and had to listen to the orders of Shangfeng.

Leng Feng also knew that some things he could not change, and the 46th Division would not be dispatched by him. At least the troops he could command now were the Luxi Corps and the 28th Division, which temporarily joined the Luxi battlefield.

He sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, requesting to send a general to take charge of eastern Henan and coordinate and unify the command of the GJ in western Shandong and eastern Henan. He was willing to obey the command of the commander.

It was not until Lao Jiang arrived in Xuzhou that he received a telegram from Leng Feng.

Li Delin personally welcomed the station with the main generals of the Fifth War Zone. After more than a month, he met again. Li Delin's changes surprised Lao Jiang.

"Brother Delin, you have lost weight!"

"Thank you, Mr. Jie, I'm fine now."

"You can only say it's very good. This time I came here just to hear your next deployment." Lao Jiang got into the car and asked Li Delin directly.

"The situation is very serious, but it is still under our control." Li Delin said slowly.

"Okay, I feel relieved when I hear your words." Old Jiang's eyebrows scattered a little. How could he, the commander, feel relieved about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers?

"In recent days, the Japanese army has been bombing Xuzhou. I have moved the command center out of the city. I feel wronged by Gong Jie."

"I am not here to enjoy my happiness. It is great that we can have a place to live in times of national and national crisis. Tonight, I will live with you."

"good."

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