Chapter 1937 December 15th, 2:23 PM

Ding Zimin, the regiment commander, looked at the ground covered with Japanese corpses, his shock fully displayed.

This Japanese unit was simply too tenacious. Today, Regiment Commander Ding Zimin was on the city wall.

He could observe the entire battlefield.

The last remnants of the Japanese soldiers preferred to die here rather than retreat.

This was not something an ordinary unit could do. No wonder these Japanese were so difficult to fight.

But in his eyes, he admired the soldiers of the Special Operations Company even more:

Even such a strong group of Japanese soldiers was completely annihilated by the Special Operations Company.

Lin Fan searched among the fallen corpses and found several officers who were clearly lieutenant colonels or colonels.

He found some documents from the satchels carried by these officers.

He even found the Japanese radio. Unfortunately, the codebook had been destroyed by the Japanese.

The two flags that the Japanese had raised earlier were picked up by the soldiers of the Special Operations Company.

These things should be kept. Capturing the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army flag was a remarkable event.

After comparing them, Lin Fan said with certainty, "This is the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army flag."

The entire direct unit of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army headquarters should be here.

"No wonder the soldiers of this unit would rather die here than run away.

Could it be that the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army died here?" Regiment Commander Ding Zimin became excited.

When he told Lin Fan this guess, Lin Fan pointed to a large pile of Japanese soldiers who had died together and said:

"Commander Asaka Yasuhiko may not be dead.

Even if he is dead, his body has already been taken away."

Regiment Commander Ding looked at the pile of corpses huddled together and asked, "What are they doing huddled together?"

"During heavy artillery bombardment, even if a person is lying on the ground, they will be injured internally and die from the vibrations transmitted through the ground.

The Japanese used human shields to protect important figures!

Look at the Japanese soldiers on the bottom two layers, all of them were injured internally and died from the vibrations of the heavy artillery explosions.

But there are none of the Japanese soldiers on the third layer.

This shows that the Japanese soldiers on the upper layer are still alive, they became corpses later in the fighting.

At the time, they should have been protecting Commander Asaka Yasuhiko in the middle.

After the bombing, they sent someone to take him away."

Lin Fan had already surveyed the battlefield and had not found a single general-level Japanese corpse.

Regiment Commander Ding looked at the battlefield: "I am greedy! I want more than I deserve.

We defeated the Japanese and captured their military flag, and now we want to kill their army commander here as well."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "I think so too.

If we could find the corpse of the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army here.

Tomorrow, we would be on the front pages of all the newspapers in the world.

Who wouldn't want to finish off the Japanese in one battle and live peacefully?"

Regiment Commander Ding said with a smile, "Even so, our names will still be in the newspapers tomorrow."

Lin Fan smiled and said nothing.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company and Regiment Commander Ding's men continued to clean up the battlefield.

Lin Fan had already sent a signalman to the city to give the order: "The newly formed recruit team today should immediately come to the south of the city."

Lin Fan wanted the new recruits, who were still puppet soldiers yesterday, to see the battlefield.

Looking at the fate of the Japanese soldiers, for those puppet soldiers: the Japanese died so miserably, the Special Operations Company would find it even easier to deal with them.

This would have a great impact on their thinking.

At least let these new recruits have a direct understanding of the combat power of the Special Operations Company.

And let them have a sense of identity and honor for joining the Special Operations Company.

Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times!

No matter how much you say, it's not as good as letting them witness it with their own eyes.

When Xiang Liguo, Gan Huaxing and the others brought the new recruits from their respective platoons to the south of the city.

Although these new recruits had already received an education in the morning.

In the morning, when they were still on the training ground, they heard explosions.

Then they received an order to have all the new recruits go to the north of the city to dig pits to bury people.

The corpses of more than three hundred Japanese soldiers had already made the six hundred new recruits feel incredible.

Now, the six hundred new recruits were even more surprised to see the Japanese corpses outside the south of the city.

The ground was covered with densely packed Japanese soldiers.

When they were drilling on the playground just now, they heard the loud noises coming from the heavy artillery positions not far away.

They knew that the artillery of the Special Operations Company was bombing.

Now, seeing the two-meter-deep pits on the ground, their understanding of these cannons was deeper than those shell craters.

These soldiers were all rejoicing: Fortunately, they did not resist yesterday!

The Japanese soldiers, who were so much stronger than them in combat power, were no match for these Nationalist soldiers, let alone themselves.

At the same time, they were also rejoicing: If you can't beat them, join them. Now, they were also members of this powerful team.

Did this mean that they had already become stronger?

Lin Fan didn't need to pay attention to the battlefield cleanup and the final pit digging and burial work.

He returned to the command post in the city and immediately sent the battle report here to the 83rd Army and the 66th Army.

Although the army commanders Ye Zhao and Deng Longguang, who received the telegram, were not in the same place, they both showed the same smile:

"Good! A great victory!"

It was already afternoon, and their teams had been adjusted into place: the entire 83rd Army had arrived in Lishui.

The 154th Division was defending Lukou and Moling Pass, except for Ding Zimin's regiment, which was already at Moling Pass.

The remaining three regiments had also arrived in Lukou, where Zi Huacan's regiment and Yu Yuanming's regiment would be left behind.

Chang Yuande's regiment would continue to advance all the way to Moling.

What was left in Lishui was Li Jiang's 156th Division, which was preparing to attack Langxi in cooperation with the Special Operations Company.

The 66th Army's 160th Division, led by Division Commander Tan Sui, had also entered Tianwang Temple.

Liu Wan and Liu Yong's two regiments were stationed in Chunhua.

Zuo Yuda's regiment and Feng Yuxuan's regiment were stationed in Jurong.

According to the plan of Army Commander Ye Zhao: the headquarters of the 66th Army was set up in Jurong.

Army Commander Deng Longguang's headquarters was set up in Lishui.

The teams of the two armies had been adjusted into place according to the plan.

After receiving the telegram sent by Lin Fan, Army Commander Deng Longguang immediately ordered the communications soldiers to spread the news of Ding Zimin's regiment's great victory at Moling Pass to the entire army.

Being able to continuously occupy three places and eliminate nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers in one day.

For the 83rd Army, this was an unprecedented great victory, and of course the entire army had to be informed.

The five hundred puppet soldiers in Lishui City were also reorganized by Platoon Leader Li into three platoons. According to Lin Fan's orders, the 10th, 6th, and 7th platoons had sent people to complete the reorganization.

What these new soldiers, who had been reorganized in the morning, also did first was digging pits and burying Japanese soldiers.

Then they began to repair roads and fortifications, and work on the city walls.

Now these new soldiers of the Special Operations Company heard of the great victory at Moling Pass.

They felt that the end of the Japanese was coming.

Song Jingming, one of these new recruits, was repairing the road while talking to Ruan Zhiyi next to him:

"The Japanese are probably going to be finished. Tell me, why don't these people stay at home and farm properly?

What are they doing running to our place?"

"Dogs travel a thousand miles to eat shit, and people travel a thousand miles only for wealth.

What else could these Japanese come here for other than for money?" Ruan Zhiyi thought clearly and spoke clearly.

"That's good! These Japanese have lost their lives here.

Just now at Moling Pass, nearly two thousand more Japanese soldiers died.

I don't know if there are many Japanese.

If they continue to die like this, they may become extinct." Song Jingming thought very far ahead.

"You're worrying about the Japanese, you might as well worry more about yourself." Ruan Zhiyi said unhappily.

"What do we have to worry about? We just sing the song of whatever mountain we're on.

Everyone is the same kind of people, they won't eat people!

If they wanted to beat us, we would have been like the Japanese soldiers last night.

We wouldn't have been left to this day!" Song Jingming said.

"You see that clearly." Ruan Zhiyi said with a smile.

"Of course, everyone is from the same country.

After all, there is still some affection.

Besides, weren't we forced to become traitors!"

"Some people are forced, and some people are not!

There will be a good show to watch in the future." Ruan Zhiyi said in a low voice.

Mu Yingyao and Lu Hongmao, who received the telegram of the great victory at Moling Pass, immediately sent the news of the great victory at Moling Pass again to Wuhan.

The mission that Chiang Kai-shek personally assigned two days ago: to send a radio to the 66th Army.

It had been successfully completed on the 14th.

There was a request beforehand, and a report afterwards!

Although Chiang Kai-shek did not directly receive Andrei and his flight team again.

He still learned about the situation from the reports of his adjutants.

From the radio of the 66th Army, it was learned that the 66th Army, the Special Operations Company, and the 88th Army were temporarily concentrated together to act together.

They had annihilated two Japanese regiments!

Chiang Kai-shek then instructed: This must be well publicized!

Today's newspapers in Wuhan were full of red-letter headlines about Ye Zhao, the army commander of the 66th Army:

The 66th Army Recaptures Jurong and Chunhua!

Chiang Kai-shek was in a better mood when he saw that the front pages of many newspapers were about the 66th Army or Army Commander Ye Zhao.

At least the good news of the 66th Army's recapture of Jurong could suppress much of the discussion on the loss of the capital in the newspapers.

That's how public opinion is: when one topic gains the upper hand, there will be fewer of the other kind of comments.

At this time, the adjutant, seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood.

He brought the telegrams that the 66th Army and the 83rd Army had just sent back in the morning to please him.

Chiang Kai-shek saw on the telegram:

"Last night, the Special Operations Company and Ding Zimin's regiment of the 83rd Army continuously attacked Lishui, Lukou, and Moling Pass, and won all three battles.

Three new places were recaptured, killing 400 Japanese soldiers and capturing 1,100 puppet soldiers."

Seeing this telegram, Chiang Kai-shek stood up excitedly.

He also knew about the discussions that Chen Cheng and the others had in the operations command headquarters yesterday:

Yesterday, these three teams annihilated two Japanese regiments in Jurong. What their specific tactics were and how the troops were arranged.

No result had been tried out so far.

Today, the intelligence came through the telegram: The team that participated in the encirclement and annihilation of a Japanese regiment in Chunhua had two main regiments of the 63rd Army and one platoon of the Special Operations Company.

The teams that participated in the encirclement and annihilation of a Japanese regiment in Tangshan had two platoons of the Special Operations Company.

Chiang Kai-shek asked incredulously: "Is this news accurate?"

The adjutant replied: "After receiving the news, Commander Chen immediately ordered a reply to confirm.

The other party confirmed that the news was accurate.

And it also detailed the organization of the participating troops."

Chiang Kai-shek turned to the next page, which read the two main regiments of the 63rd Army.

The teams that participated in the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese soldiers in Chunhua: Regiment Commander Liu Wan's regiment had 1,500 men under his command; Regiment Commander Liu Yong's regiment had 1,500 men under his command; the 5th Platoon of the Special Operations Company, led by Platoon Leader Zhen Danxiao, had 170 men under his command.

The teams that participated in the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese soldiers in Tangshan: the 7th Platoon of the Special Operations Company, led by Platoon Leader Yang Daren, had 170 men under his command; the 6th Platoon of the Special Operations Company, led by Platoon Leader Ye Dadan, had 170 men under his command.

Chiang Kai-shek turned down again, and there was nothing else!

Three hundred and forty people?

Encircle and annihilate a Japanese regiment?

How is this possible?

The expression on Chiang Kai-shek's face suddenly turned red. He was excited.

He walked quickly to the operations command headquarters and came to the sand table specially made for the defense of Nanjing.

There were already many generals and more than a dozen staff officers surrounding the sand table to study it.

When Chen Cheng saw Chiang Kai-shek coming, he quickly stood at attention: "Hello, Principal!"

Chiang Kai-shek smiled: "What are you doing here?"

Chen Cheng knew what the principal was here to do, and immediately replied: "We are studying the gains and losses of our army in the Tangshan battlefield yesterday."

"Very good! Very good! If possible, you can invite their commanders to come and give us a lesson.

Their clever use of cars last night, rushing a hundred miles overnight and capturing three cities in a row, this kind of tactic can also be learned from." Chiang Kai-shek gave the latest instructions.

Chen Cheng said embarrassedly: "There is something we don't understand now. How could a team of more than 300 people encircle and annihilate a Japanese regiment of 5,000 people in Tangshan?

Even if they are 5,000 pigs, they will run around randomly, and it is impossible for more than 300 people to encircle and annihilate them all!"

Chiang Kai-shek's face changed: "You think..."

Chiang Kai-shek was familiar with Tangshan. Just ten days ago, he was still on the front line in Tangshan.

Seeing the soldiers working hard in the defense fortifications, he specially ordered several thousand buns to be bought from Nanjing City.

They were sent to the soldiers as breakfast.

Now he began to imagine how to use more than 300 soldiers to annihilate a regiment of Japanese soldiers in Tangshan.

"The victory in the Tangshan battle is certain. We think it may only be a company, or even a squad of Japanese soldiers." Chen Cheng replied seriously.

Chiang Kai-shek also became serious: "We must pay attention to the Japanese soldiers strategically, and despise the Japanese soldiers in publicity."

His meaning was very clear: Strategically, we must pay attention to them, that is, we should not delve into whether this matter is true or false.

Publicity should be despised, that is, regardless of whether it is true or false, it should be publicized as if it were true.

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, it was suddenly discovered that 99% of the news sent back from the front line was false.

Now Chiang Kai-shek no longer had the mood to discuss it. He had already agreed with Chen Cheng's view: The three teams in Jurong had exaggerated the results of the battle.

Since this was the case, there was no need to send a plane to invite people over to teach, nor was it necessary to study their so-called tactics.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was extremely disappointed, returned to his position and remained silent for a long time!

After Commander Asaka Yasuhiko woke up, he was no longer willing to let Fujiwara Yuzhen carry him.

This was his last dignity. From Jurong yesterday until now, Commander Asaka Yasuhiko had not actually been tired.

He had been marching on horseback, so he still had the strength and spirit.

Just now, Fujiwara Yuzhen had carried him for five kilometers in one breath.

While resting, Commander Asaka Yasuhiko asked: "Lieutenant Colonel Fujiwara! How far is it from here to Nanjing?"

Fujiwara Yuzhen spread out the map he was carrying with him and pointed to a location on the map and said:

"We are here at Fanjiaojiao. From here to Fangshan and then to Gaojiaqiao to enter Nanjing City, it is still fifteen kilometers away.

We must walk back today."

Commander Asaka Yasuhiko had already walked through the mountain roads. He pondered for a moment: "Fifteen kilometers in a straight line, how much road is it actually?"

The road that Fujiwara Yuzhen arranged was the same road that he had taken with his team yesterday.

So he was very familiar with it: "Twenty-three kilometers!"

"We have to walk twenty-three kilometers in the remaining four hours today?" Commander Asaka Yasuhiko confirmed.

"Yes! The longer you stay outside, the more unsafe it is.

Although the Imperial Army has entered Nanjing City, there are still many defeated Nationalist soldiers around the city."

This reason was too strong. Commander Asaka Yasuhiko no longer had the arrogant mentality he had when he first encountered the Special Operations Company in Tangshan.

He now just wanted to get to Nanjing as soon as possible and enter the protection circle of the empire as soon as possible.

He finally silently agreed to Fujiwara Yuzhen's plan.

"Let's go!" Fujiwara Yuzhen rested for ten minutes and finally stood up.

The two of them supported each other and walked through the mountains and forests.

It was already afternoon, and the muddy road, after so long of sun exposure and cold wind blowing, was much drier than it was in the morning.

At least when walking, you would no longer step on a large lump of mud.

The Special Operations Company and the 83rd Army captured three cities in a row overnight, and had just annihilated the headquarters of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army.

After receiving this news, the 66th Army did not hide it.

Instead, it sent out a large number of communications soldiers to spread the news to Tangshan, Chunhua, and the new recruits who were working hard to dig pits to bury Japanese soldiers.

This news greatly encouraged the new recruits: Victory! Victory all the time!

Today's victory was their first since joining the Special Operations Company.

These new recruits felt that they had also contributed.

Their platoon leader also said so: Without you doing these basic tasks in the rear, the officers and soldiers fighting on the front line would not be able to fight with peace of mind.

A strong sense of honor made these new recruits dig pits and bury soil even more vigorously.

Those new recruits who were still burying Japanese corpses in Tangshan heard that their team had killed nearly two more Japanese soldiers at Moling Pass.

The tired bodies of these soldiers suddenly regained their energy.

Some people even joked: "Brothers! Move faster!

If we're slow, new Japanese soldiers are killed every day.

We won't be able to dig enough pits."

The soldiers who heard him speak laughed.

Such laughter was passed on in Jurong, in Chunhua, and throughout the entire team of the Special Operations Company.

At this time, Lin Fan was already in his command post, looking at the map and thinking:

"Which direction should the team develop in next?"

From capturing three cities in a row last night, Lin Fan felt that the Japanese had very few troops in these small cities and towns.

If the troop allocation was like this, even in larger cities, the troops stationed would not exceed one battalion.

This gave the Special Operations Company a very big opportunity.

Fighting the Japanese! Lin Fan never minded whether there were many or few!

For Lin Fan, as long as they were Japanese soldiers, he would fight them. As long as he could win, he would definitely fight.

Lin Fan couldn't decide which direction to develop in next by himself.

He had always had the idea of establishing a base area in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area.

The current territory had come too easily, and he was afraid that he would not be able to hold it in the future.

Lin Fan was really hesitant this time.

He sorted out his thoughts, and also sorted out all the achievements and developments of the Special Operations Company during this period of time.

He sent them all to his superiors together. As a transmigrator, he clearly knew who the greatest strategist and greatest military strategist of this era was.

Let that person think about and grasp the general direction that Lin Fan was not sure about, and there would definitely be no problems.

That great man had never been wrong in the general direction.

In northern Shaanxi in December, the courtyard was already covered with a thick layer of white snow.

Li Desheng got up early in the morning, holding a large broom and sweeping the snow in the courtyard with the young soldier.

Two days ago, the Nationalist government officially announced that Nanjing had been occupied by the Japanese.

The anti-Japanese situation was becoming increasingly severe. While the anti-Japanese enthusiasm in various places continued to rise, various theories of failure also emerged.

In this situation, Nanjing, as the capital, the Nationalist government had always stated that it would defend it to the death.

They used more than 100,000 elite troops, but they did not even last for a week.

This poured a bucket of cold water on the rising anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people across the country.

Now the main force of the Nationalist army was retreating along the Jinpu Railway towards Xuzhou, and the Japanese were closely following behind.

In the afternoon, when he and several comrades were communicating in the house.

He received a telegram from Lin Fan.

After reading the telegram, Li Desheng said with a smile to several comrades: "Our little friend has been amazing these two days!

Coming out of Nanjing, he has fought continuously in Tangshan, Chunhua, Tianwang Temple, Lishui, Lukou, and Moling Pass.

This is a ruthless stab in the back of the Japanese."

As he spoke, he handed the telegram to Chief Zhu next to him.

These comrades read the telegram.

Chief Zhu also smiled: "Although the Japanese are strong, they also have weaknesses.

If we find the weaknesses and use our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.

The results will come out all at once."

Li Desheng nodded: "Some people just can't listen to our advice and insist on learning from foreign fortress warfare and positional warfare.

Look! The same team, in the hands of different people, produces completely different results."

Wang Bishi pointed to the last paragraph and said: "Old Li! This little friend has come to seek advice.

He is now confused about the future development and doesn't know where to put the base area."

Li Desheng said with a smile: "This little friend is still good, he knows the principle that one person's plan is short, and three people's plan is long.

Three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang.

One person's strength is always limited, and the strength of the organization is infinite.

From this point of view, this Lin Fan, although he is not old.

But he understands this point much deeper than some people in our organization."

Zhou Enlai had already spread out the map, and his finger drew a circle on the map along the Special Operations Company's marching route one night:

"They captured three cities in a row one night, Old Li! This is like your style.

Now you are afraid that you have a student."

Li Desheng laughed heartily: "The more students like this, the better!"

Several people stood up and looked at the current location of the Special Operations Company on the map.

Li Desheng pointed to the Jinpu Railway on the map and said:

"The current situation is that the Japanese are temporarily powerful.

This cannot be denied. If we don't admit this, we are being irresponsible to ourselves and to the country.

From this point of view: the Japanese cannot give up the railway from Shanghai to Nanjing.

The cities along this railway can be temporarily abandoned, and we should focus on rural work and unite the broad masses of the people."

As he spoke, the eyes of the comrades around him moved along the route he pointed out.

"Starting from Chunhua, which they have now recovered, and going south all the way, Chunhua, Jurong, Tianwang Temple, Jintan.

Liyang, Yixing, Changxing, Wuxing, and the west side of the Nanzun line.

This vast world has a lot to offer!

The little friend's base area can be established in this area."

The several people in the cave were all thinking.

Wang Bishi asked with some doubts: "Old Li! This Chunhua and Jurong are too close to Nanjing.

Won't the Japanese send troops to harass them? And these places like Yixing, Changxing, and Wuxing are on the edge of Taihu Lake.

The Japanese navy is strong, isn't this suitable for them to fight?"

Li Desheng drew a line on the Jinpu Line and then drew a line along the Yangtze River.

He explained: "The Japanese have just broken through Nanjing City, and the entire army is looking for opportunities to fight a big battle.

Fight the main force!

They have not yet focused their attention on these small places.

And the Japanese are, after all, an island nation. Their troops are limited, and they can no longer draw more troops from their country.

If they arrange soldiers to garrison this vast land, they will need at least two divisions.

In their eyes, with the strength of these two divisions, it is better to concentrate on attacking large cities such as Xuzhou and Wuhan.

They are using the strategic thinking of first the cities and then the countryside, first the key points and then the overall situation to invade our country.

Therefore, it is the right time to establish a base area in this place now.

But there is also a problem here:

This place has always been Chiang's backyard.

If we send any team to establish a base area, it will cause Chiang's dissatisfaction.

The little friend is different! He is still a Special Operations Company in the National Revolutionary Army's establishment.

And when fighting in Jiaxing, Jiangyin, and Nanjing, he established many friendships with the National Revolutionary Army generals.

This time in Jurong, he established a deep friendship with the 66th Army and the 83rd Army.

With him establishing a base area in this area, it will not cause too much resentment from Chiang for the time being."

"Yes! There will not be much resentment for the time being.

Once this base area is stable, and the anti-Japanese situation changes, Chiang will definitely take action here." Chief Zhu echoed.

"We have also been suppressed before. Our history of development and growth is the history of fighting against Chiang!

I believe the little friend will submit a satisfactory answer."

Chief Zhu pointed to Ningguo and said, "The Seventh War Zone is now in Ningguo. Will it affect our new base area?"

Li Desheng said with a smile: "What is ours is ours, and we must unite through struggle.

When necessary, it is also possible to unite them through struggle."

The people in the cave laughed together.

Lin Fan received a telegram from Yan'an, which clearly pointed out: Now is the best time to establish an enemy-occupied area behind the lines.

And the location of the base area is the area around Nanjing and the west bank of Taihu Lake all the way to Hangzhou.

All the towns in this area occupied by the Japanese are the best places to strive for.

The telegram did not say why.

But Lin Fan found the reason himself.

Since this was the case, the Special Operations Company now had to send the 83rd Army and the 66th Army away first.

Otherwise, when they reacted, it would not be easy for him to force them to leave.

The Special Operations Company had a general direction for its next action.

Lin Fan also began to formulate a plan in this direction: "We must send the 83rd Army and the 66th Army to Ningguo first.

Then, we must start from Lishui, first to Liyang, then to Langxi, then to Guangde, and then let the people of these two armies retreat from Guangde to Ningguo."

There were still three nodes on this road that had not been cleared, one hundred li from Lishui to Liyang.

The attacking team could take a car and arrive in half a day.

But the teams of the 83rd Army and the 66th Army would need at least one and a half or even two days to march.

Lin Fan was thinking about how to attack Liyang, and Ye Zhao, the army commander of the 66th Army, was also thinking about this in his heart.

He was not willing to stay in Jurong for a day longer. If the Special Operations Company's combat effectiveness had not been so strong these days.

He would have suggested leaving first.

For this reason, he and Deng Longguang, the army commander of the 83rd Army, exchanged telegrams, discussing how to suggest that Lin Fan accept advancing to Liyang first.

Army Commander Deng Longguang sent a telegram to Lishui, inviting Lin Fan to come over to discuss it, and Army Commander Ye Zhao also went.

Of course Lin Fan agreed.

Before leaving Moling Pass, he ordered Chen Sichuan and Liu Laopao to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese in the direction of Nanjing.

If there were no other situations tonight, he would let all the new recruits march to Lishui tomorrow morning.

The roads along the way should be well repaired.

For the Special Operations Company, the requirements for roads were higher than for other teams.

These new recruits needed to move around more.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was almost dark, and Lin Fan took Feng Junya and his party towards Lishui.

The journey of more than twenty kilometers took only an hour.

Army Commander Ye Zhao, who was farther away than him, arrived even earlier than Lin Fan.

Army Commander Deng Longguang prepared a sumptuous dinner to entertain them.

Lin Fan saw that the division commanders of the two armies were also present at the banquet tonight.

He nodded and greeted them with a smile.

Among these people present, although Lin Fan had the lowest position, no one underestimated him.

Everyone came up to talk to Lin Fan, and they all admired Lin Fan's command of the three cities in a row last night.

After the dinner, they entered the temporary command headquarters of the 83rd Army.

The participants in the meeting were Lin Fan, the commander of the Special Operations Company, Deng Longguang, the army commander of the 83rd Army, Wu Jianxiong, the division commander of the 154th Division, Li Jiang, the division commander of the 156th Division;

Ye Zhao, the army commander of the 66th Army, and Tan Sui, the division commander of the 160th Division.

Looking at their nervous expressions, Lin Fan also became serious.

Lishui was now being defended by the 83rd Army, and Army Commander Deng Longguang was the host.

He spoke first: "Company Commander Lin! We invited everyone here tonight just to make a plan on what to do next with our teams."

Lin Fan nodded seriously: "It should be!"

Army Commander Deng Longguang walked to the map hanging on the wall and picked up a baton:

"Our three armies are now surrounded by Japanese on all sides.

Therefore, we believe that the best thing to do now is to get closer to friendly forces as soon as possible."

Lin Fan nodded: "Army Commander Ye! What's your opinion?"

Army Commander Ye Zhao agreed: "I think so too. I think the 66th Army should keep its distance from the Japanese as soon as possible.

It is not advisable to stay in Chunhua and Jurong for too long.

If the Japanese send teams from Nanjing to attack Tangshan, Chunhua, and Moling at the same time.

We will be exhausted, and Lishui is not far from Taihu Lake, and the Japanese navy is strong.

If they react and send reinforcements by water, our way forward will not be easy."

Lin Fan still nodded, his expression somewhat affected:

"I understand the thoughts of the 88th Army and the 63rd Army.

Since this is the case, let's make a route to Ningguo now!"

The officers of the two armies originally thought that Lin Fan would firmly oppose it, or be angry.

They did not expect Lin Fan to be so easy to talk to.

Army Commander Deng pointed to the map and said: "The closest route for us now is from Lishui to Langxi, then to Guangde, and then to Ningguo.

From Lishui to Langxi, there are 150 li in the middle. It will take at least two days for a large army to move.

From Langxi to Guangde, there are 80 li, which will also take more than a day.

As long as we pass Guangde, we will be safe.

Langxi is a place that must be taken down. As for Guangde, we can also go directly from the side.

If the Japanese come out of the city, we can also fight."

Army Commander Ye Zhao listened to Army Commander Deng's plan and nodded repeatedly.

After Army Commander Deng finished speaking, he looked at Lin Fan, waiting for him to make the final plan.

Lin Fan thought for a while and said: "The 83rd Army and the 66th Army can only march on foot on this road.

Now the 83rd Army is in Lishui. If the entire army is to retreat in the direction of Langxi.

Our plan to encircle and fight against reinforcements will also be completely overturned.

The Japanese soldiers besieged in Jurong have also been completely annihilated.

This plan can also be considered over.

However, if the 83rd Army is to withdraw, it is best for the entire army to gather together and leave.

The fists must be concentrated in order to have power.

The teams at Moling Pass and Lukou need to retreat back.

The teams of the 66th Army must also retreat from Chunhua and Jurong to Tianwang Temple.

After the large army gathers, it will advance towards Langxi.

It is possible to arrive in one day if we march quickly on the 150 li road.

But our various teams now have more supplies, and the marching speed cannot be fast.

I think three days is appropriate.

Planning for three days on the way, the 83rd Army and the 66th Army will set off at the same time.

There is a distance of thirty li between the two armies, which will also allow both sides to support each other.

I agree with this plan!"

Army Commander Ye Zhao, Army Commander Deng Longguang, and the three division commanders heard that there were only two armies in Lin Fan's plan, and no Special Operations Company.

Army Commander Ye Zhao asked in confusion: "Is the Special Operations Company not leaving together?"

Lin Fan smiled: "We want to stay in Jurong and wait for the Japanese to come, fight the Japanese, and then leave."

Army Commander Deng was a little embarrassed: In his and Army Commander Ye's plan, the 66th Army was responsible for covering the retreat.

They wanted the Special Operations Company to attack the city.

Lin Fan looked at the constipated expressions of the two army commanders and asked in confusion: "Is there any problem?"

Army Commander Ye Zhao smiled and advised: "Company Commander Lin! We broke out of the encirclement on the 13th and have achieved very good results.

I don't know if we can give up Jurong!"

Lin Fan said decisively: "It is impossible to voluntarily give up Jurong. This