The rebirth of the Republic of China

In the evening of that day, in the small courtyard of Lu Yihua's temporary residence, some people put simple meals on the table, Zhao Rui turned around and asked Lu Yihua to eat.

At this time, Lu Yihua was sitting on a recliner, holding a simple map and looking at it. Seeing this, Zhao Rui's eyes deepened, but he didn't speak. He just walked over and sorted out the documents on the low table beside Lu Yihua.

Looking sideways at Zhao Rui, Lu Yihua closed the map booklet, looked around, and asked, "Why didn't you see Zheng Ze?"

"Commander Fang came to look for him this afternoon, Zheng Zheng said he would come back later."

Lu Yihua just remembered that Fang Jing came to talk to him about the planning of the 79th Army a few days ago. After talking about it, when the plan is completed later, I will hand over the matter to Liu Sheng.Come to think of it, Fang Jing's purpose in looking for Liu Sheng was for this matter.

Having figured this out, Lu Yihua stretched out his hand and handed the map booklet to Zhao Rui, stood up, stretched, rubbed it again, sighed and said to Zhao Rui: "You can't do it when you're old, with the current intensity, you can't do it at all." Ten years ago, I didn't even need to sleep."

After finishing speaking, Lu Yihua didn't mind Zhao Rui ignoring him, and sat down at the stone table to eat.

However, it was such a coincidence that as soon as Lu Yihua raised his chopsticks, the courtyard door opened, and an officer wearing glasses walked in quickly and anxiously.

"What?" Lu Yihua paused for chopsticks, "The communist army raided Jingmen?!"

"Yes, Commander!" The officer who was standing in the small courtyard, obviously rushed over after receiving the news, gasped, "Mr. Fang made an urgent call 10 minutes ago."

"How did they know about Jingmen—" Lu Yihua's expression began to change.

The plan of the 79th Army stationed in Jingmen was made by him personally. Except for Liu Sheng and the people in the secretary's office, even his staff officers didn't know about it.In this way, the news spread out!

Now that he couldn't eat anymore, Lu Yihua got up and took a few steps in the courtyard, then said in a deep voice, "Telephone Fang Jing, I will stick to Jingmen and wait for help, and I must not take a step back!"

Jingmen has a good geographical location, about [-] kilometers behind Jiangling, and is the throat of north-south traffic.Also, there are mountains on the east and west sides, which is a very convenient place for defense. It can be said that it is a must-have for military strategists.

Before he was ordered to come here, on the first day Lu Yihua was here, Lu Yihua personally led people to the battlefield.The Kuomintang army stationed here in the past had built many fortifications, and they were all quite strong.Lu Yihua was relieved after seeing it, this is a good place, as long as there is enough food in the store, it can be guarded for a period of time.

Two months ago, the 28th Army originally stationed here was transferred to the east, and the task of defending Jingmen fell on the 79th Army.

Lu Yihua welcomed the arrival of this army.

Excluding the inevitable factions among the officers, the three divisions of the 79th Army have about 2 people. Although most of them are recruits, they are very well equipped, and the cadres have also experienced actual combat. They are quite good among the troops under his command. .

Before arriving in Jingmen, Lu Yihua had studied the situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. In his mind, the Kuomintang's future combat strategy would be more than [-]% likely to focus on defending the Yangtze River.At present, the main force of the Communist army is in the Xuzhou area, and there are only some Tuba roads in Central China, and there is no offensive force at all.

So, after Fang Jing brought someone to direct, Lu Yihua came up with an idea.If you want to defend the Yangtze River, you can't lose Jingmen!So, he asked Fang Jing to lead people to temporarily station near Jingmen, waiting for orders.

It's just that after thousands of calculations, Lu Yihua didn't consider that his future intentions were leaked!

After giving the order, Lu Yihua reluctantly sat down to eat something under Zhao Rui's persuasion, but God seemed to be against him. Before he could make a move, there was another news from the telegram team saying that the telegram could not be sent at all. go out!

If the telegram could not be sent out, either Jingmen was lost or the radio station was damaged.Lu Yihua is more willing to believe that it is the latter, but he also knows that the possibility of this situation is too small.

"Fang Jing put his army there, what is he doing?!" Lu Yihua's face was livid, and he dropped his chopsticks.

The courtyard fell silent in an instant.

Zhao Rui has been by Lu Yihua's side for these years. With Lu Yihua's temper, he has seen this kind of situation a lot, but he has never adapted to it.Seeing everyone straighten their backs and bow their heads in silence, Zhao Rui opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed it in this atmosphere.

Encouraged to calm down, he casually picked up the coat on the back of the chair, and walked out, Lu Yihua ordered: "Guoqing go and prepare the car."

Zhao Rui is Lu Yihua's confidential secretary, so it would be unreasonable for him to remain silent at this moment.So, he stepped forward to catch up with Lu Yihua who had already reached the door, and asked, "Where are you going so late?"

"Go back and watch the radio team, tell them to call the radio station of the 79th Army, tell Fang Jing when they get through, and let him fix me in Jingmen, and wait for the reinforcements to pass!" While speaking, Lu Yihua didn't stop, Seeing Liao Guoqing park the car in front of him, he opened the door and bent over to get in.

Standing where he was, Zhao Rui looked at the direction the car was leaving, and turned back until the shadows disappeared.

After personally going to Shilipu to order the Ninth Division of the Second Army to reinforce Jingmen, Lu Yihua didn't even take a breath, and drove to Tuanlinpu overnight by car.He always had a bad premonition in his heart, which made him uneasy no matter what.

Early the next morning, Lu Yihua knocked on the door of the [-]th Division.At this time, the division headquarters was very busy, and even standing alone in the chaotic room seemed to be in the way.Lu Yihua stepped into the door, and the commander of the [-]th Division rushed over with a group of remaining officers.

Before Lu Yihua could speak, there was a sudden sound of a door panel hitting the wall.The voice was so loud that even the noisy discussion in the division was suppressed for a moment.

In the sudden pause of silence, a slightly hoarse voice, obviously mixed with gasps, sounded.

"Report..." The owner of the voice obviously didn't expect to see so many superiors all at once, he was a little stunned, and subconsciously didn't think of what to call, his voice froze there for a moment.

The commander of the [-]th Division looked sideways at Lu Yihua, seeing that he had no intention of speaking, he frowned and said, "What's going on!" The dissatisfaction in his voice couldn't be concealed.

The person who came to pass the order was a young officer, although he was not young, he was also experienced. Even if he didn't realize it just now, he recovered after being yelled at by the superior.He took a breath, and said: "Report...all officers, Jingmen has been occupied by the Communist Army, and the whereabouts of the commander of the 79th Army is unknown!"

At this time, the conversation in the division headquarters was interrupted by the sound of the door panel hitting the wall just now, and the room was still very quiet. These words were shouted out in such an angry manner, which instantly made people feel extremely harsh.

Lu Yihua had expected this situation before, but even so, his face turned pale with anger.

Lu Yihua's face was not looking good, and the faces of the officers around him were not much better.You know, the entire 79th Army was placed near Jingmen by Lu Yihua. Even if the Communist Army had the upper hand in a surprise attack, they couldn't lose it without defending it for one night, right?

Suppressing his anger, Lu Yihua asked in a deep voice, "Who else is in the 79th Army?"

The young officer looked at Lu Yihua, then turned his gaze to the commander of the 79th Division, and said: "Our people just found Commander Gong of the [-]th Division of the [-]th Army."

"Where is Gong Chuanwen?"

Hearing Lu Yihua directly call a division commander's name, the young officer's eyes flashed with surprise, but he still replied dutifully: "Mr. Gong is resting in another room. We arranged for a military doctor to check his wound."

Lu Yihua nodded, and walked out: "Take me to Mr. Gong."

When Lu Yihua walked into the waiting room temporarily prepared for Gong Chuanwen, the doctor from the division who rushed over had not left yet.

Seeing the doctor treating the wound with the help of the nurse, Lu Yihua raised his hand and pressed down to signal Gong Chuanwen who was leaning on the bedside not to be polite: "Sit down and treat the wound first."

After finishing speaking, Lu Yihua walked to the side of the bed. At this time, the doctor just finished the last procedure, so he asked, "How is Mr. Gong's injury?"

The doctor looked at him hesitantly, and the commander of the [-]th Division who followed immediately said, "This is Commander Lu."

"Commander Lu." The doctor took off the gloves and handed them to the nurse, and he answered his words by the way, "Mr. Gong's injury is fortunately not hurt to the muscles and bones, and he needs to rest well. It's just what happened during these days, and he will recover soon."

Lu Yihua nodded upon hearing this.The situation was urgent, and as soon as the doctor left, Lu Yihua began to ask about Jingmen.

It turned out that when the communist army raided Jingmen that day, Fang Jing was holding a battle meeting with several of their division commanders.Lu Yihua's plan was that the 79th Army would be temporarily stationed in Jingmen, while its affiliated artillery battalion would first go to the police station on the south bank.

This afternoon, Fang Jing received the news that the Artillery Battalion had crossed Shashi and crossed the river, so he called people to hold a meeting, mainly to discuss the 79th Army's own action plan based on Lu Yihua's original plan.

The 79th Army was originally the No.18 Army system, and most of the officers were from the Civil Engineering Department. Although there was no major conflict of interest with Lu Yihua, there was not much contact.Seeing Lu Yihua go back from Shashi, Fang Jing had another thought in his heart.After all, the commander is not his own, and he is also afraid that the army will be used as cannon fodder.

"You said there were only a thousand Communists in the raid on Jingmen?" Lu Yihua suddenly interrupted Gong Chuanwen's narration.

"We're not sure if it's a thousand people, but it's definitely not ten thousand." Gong Chuanwen hesitated, "At that time, we retreated in a hurry, and the troops dispersed a lot. I guess there should be thousands of people."

"...thousands, thousands of people." Lu Yihua gritted his teeth and stated twice, but still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, "Thousands of people in the communist army... that's a lot." After taking two steps, Lu Yihua took a deep breath In a tone of voice, he asked with hatred, "Fang Jing has more than [-] people in his hands, what have he been doing?!"

Everyone could tell that Lu Yihua was on fire. Hearing his question, Gong Chuanwen no longer wanted to help Fang Jing, and said directly: "At that time, the news of the communist army's surprise attack came, and the Wenfeng Pagoda, an important site at the east end of Jingmen, had been occupied. In desperation, Commander Fang ordered his troops to break out to the south—"

Speaking of this, Gong Chuanwen himself was a little bit speechless, not to mention Lu Yihua, even he felt that Fang Jing's actions were too irresponsible.

The 79th Army has three divisions under its jurisdiction, each division has at least [-], and as many as nearly [-].So many people, under the surprise attack of the communist army, whose number was less than one-third of them, failed to resist even one night, which is embarrassing to say the least.

What's more, they retreated without even resisting.

Sure enough, before Gong Chuanwen could speak again, Lu Yihua snorted coldly: "Fang Jing is really promising!"

Gong Chuanwen's old face was flushed, this sentence cut his face like a knife, and the cold wind blew it was burning pain.

Lu Yihua naturally saw Gong Chuanwen's appearance, recalling the news he heard along the way, he tried his best to suppress the impatience in his chest, and said slowly: "Go on."

Gong Chuanwen was taken aback by his sudden treatment, but seeing that Lu Yihua had no other indications, he went on to say: "At that time, our combat meeting had not yet been dissolved, and Commander Fang directly ordered the troops to retreat to the south. My colleagues and I One officer thought that such a breakout force would be chaotic and might be wiped out, so he advocated sticking to it."

Hearing this, Lu Yihua nodded: "What happened next?"

"Under the persuasion of the few of us, the military seat also compromised and ordered me to counterattack Wenfeng Pagoda." Hearing this, Lu Yihua's breath eased a lot, and Gong Chuanwen was also relieved. He continued, "Stay at Wenfeng Pagoda. The communist army in Tata was small in number and quickly retreated under our attack, but Fang Junzuo still insisted on withdrawing from Jingmen, no longer worried about us and directly issued an order to break out to the south."

The plan to break out of the encirclement to the south did not go smoothly. The communist army had anticipated Fang Jing's intentions, and set up many points to ambush the 79th Army's difficult retreat.In this way, an entire army of 2 people, except for the main force of the 79th Division that was transported from Xingshan to Songzi by water, the main force of the [-]th Army was defeated without any large-scale battles.

"...Now, apart from the one led by the humble official, there are still many people coming here."

"There are still many people?" Lu Yihua asked.

"I can see the situation on the way back from the humble job. There are many people and few people."

Knowing what Lu Yihua was thinking, the commander of the [-]th Division turned around and gave instructions to the secretary beside him.The secretary nodded and walked out the door, and came back before he could say a few more words in the room.

The commander of the [-]th Division asked, "How?"

"It's the same as Master Gong said, our field hospital has taken in a lot of people. The deputy division commander is in charge of this matter, because the time is tight and there is no time to report it."

"Is the identity confirmed?"

"It's confirmed. The deputy division commander asked Beizhi to tell me that there are still many remnants of soldiers heading south, mostly along the Shaxiang Highway."

The division commander nodded, then turned to Lu Yihua: "Commander Lu, do you see?"

Leaning back on the chair, Lu Yihua thought about it again, then turned to ask Gong Chuanwen who was lying on the bed, "Mr. Gong, is your injury okay?"

Gong Chuanwen didn't understand what he meant for a while, and subconsciously replied: "No big problem."

"Since there are no major problems... then let's do this first." Lu Yihua stood up and said, "Master Gong, please work hard, temporarily acting as the commander of the 79th Army, responsible for containing and rectifying the troops."

Gong Chuanwen thought that he would be implicated, but he didn't expect that not only was nothing wrong with him, but Lu Yihua even gave him a task.Although he knew that the job of containment was indeed the best for him, he still couldn't help feeling a little grateful, and said, "Please rest assured, Commander, I will definitely complete the task."

Lu Yihua nodded to show that he knew, and didn't say anything else.

He was very tired now, this war, he sighed, this war—

Closing his eyes, Lu Yihua suppressed the sudden sadness in his heart, pulled himself together and ordered: "Order the [-]th Division to withdraw from the Tuanlinpu and Yangjiaji areas, and the [-]th Division to cover."

No matter how tired he was, he still had to be responsible for the 10 people under his command, and every one of them was his life, but the sense of powerlessness in his heart made Lu Yihua feel a deep boredom that he had never felt before.

No one in the room was an idiot. Hearing Lu Yihua's order, his heart sank suddenly, but what could be done?

As if they had discussed it, everyone, including Gong Chuanwen, stood up and bowed, and said, "I obey my orders."