Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 1456 Coming with a high profile

 June 21st!

 It is already 10 days after Tang Dao was attacked!

Since the 40th Division chose to withdraw, several infantry divisions withdrew their troops and returned to their bases one after another.

The war zone specially welcomed the senior generals above major general of several infantry divisions participating in the war.

Although the Si Xing Regiment was unable to participate in the battle because its leader Tang Dao was injured in the attack, the theater headquarters still sent an invitation to the Si Xing Regiment headquarters in order to ease the mood of the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment.

This is actually more symbolic than practical. It means that the theater headquarters regards the Four Lines Regiment as the main force. This was the case before and still is the case now.

Since Tang Dao was attacked first, and so far, except for a colonel-level senior staff officer in the General Staff Department who is suspected of being a spy, the Military Police Department has been questioning people everywhere, and has not caught anyone else in the war zone who has connections with the Japanese. .

Although it is confirmed by the military that the Japanese has been lurking in China for 25 years and is actually a very high-level spy for Japan, no matter how this Japanese spy has authority, it is only to inquire about confidential documents, which is really difficult to It is still an unsolved case to explain how the 200 Japanese troops sneaked into the war zone where the army was stationed, and where the Garand rifles equipped by the Japanese soldiers who were killed came from.

Obviously, the current investigation results of this incident will not be satisfactory. Even if the military commander removes all the top leaders of the action team in the 5th theater and transfers all the key personnel, no one will buy it.

In this context, General Li did not think that the Four-Hong Group would send anyone to participate.

The theater headquarters was clueless and the military command was vague and ineffective in pursuing the case. Anyone would feel that they were being targeted.

But the Four Elements Group actually agreed.

Not only did he agree, but the person who came to the theater headquarters was Leng Feng, currently the third most powerful person in the Si Xing Regiment, the Regiment Chief of Staff.

But this time, Leng Feng didn't just bring a guard squad like Tang Dao. This time the Four Lines Regiment dispatched 16 assault jeeps, 11 TKS tanks, a cavalry company and a heavy force company.

The convoy, war horses, and heavy-duty packhorses traveled nearly two miles. It looked like they were going to a banquet, more like they were going to the front line.

The turbulence of the Fourth Line Regiment seemed a bit loud. Even before the cold front arrived at Hekou County, where the theater headquarters is located, the news that the Fourth Line Regiment even sent out tanks as guards had spread throughout the headquarters.

"The Four Troops are here to demonstrate to us! What's the matter? It's not enough for them that a small regiment leader was attacked by the Japanese. The reconnaissance cavalry in the war zone is all over the place and all the troops are in panic. We, the battle-hardened brigade commanders, have to watch them. The look on his face? The cavalry, the tanks, the jeeps equipped with heavy machine guns, and a young lieutenant colonel are really impressive! Brother Yuntai, don’t you think so?” In a restaurant in Hekou City, an army officer The major general said with a cold snort.

"Haha! It is said that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the well rope for ten years. The last time Tang Dao was accidentally bitten by a Japanese, he almost died. It is natural to be more cautious this time, and it is right.

But this is both a jeep and a tank, so it is really quite wealthy and enviable! It turned out that there were only rumors that Tang Dao had an unclear private relationship with the daughter of the Rockefeller Company. Looking at it now, that relationship is probably not unclear, but endless! Tsk tsk! "The other Army Major General did not fully answer the question. Instead, he chuckled and brought the topic to the extremely gossipy relationship between men and women.

"Brother Yuntai is right. I think Tang Dao's reputation on the battlefield in North China is just because he obtained some sophisticated equipment by hugging the thighs of foreign-haired women. If brother Yuntai you have these equipment, your reputation will only be higher. Not low." The Army Major General complimented with a smile.

"I don't dare to take Brother Haoran's praise like this. Your army is the direct descendant of the principal. To have these equipments, of course, your army will be given priority. Our 11th Group Army will be attached to Jiwei. Remember, the guns that will eliminate your army will support us. Xia I am very grateful!" The Army Major General who was praised waved his hands repeatedly.

These two, one is the major general commander of the 139th Brigade of the 107th Division of the 70th Army, and the other is the brigade commander of the 137th Division of the 84th Army of the 11th Army.

The two were originally incompatible with each other, but today the theater headquarters rented out this restaurant. A few division commanders and senior leaders of the theater headquarters shared a private room, and the remaining six brigade commanders who arrived at the headquarters and Leng Feng, who was about to arrive, shared a private room. .

The major generals and brigade commanders of the 67th Army are not very fond of the 70th Army. This time when Tang Dao was attacked, the local garrison of the 70th Army cannot be blamed for the failure to rescue them. Naturally, those major generals of the 70th Army will not pay attention to this major general. .

After observing for a while, the major general and brigade commander of the 70th Army, who was unwilling to be lonely, could only place the breakthrough point on the similarly lonely major general and brigade commander of the 11th Army.

It was known that although this man was young, only 38 years old, his speech was impeccable. The brigade commander of the 70th Army Major General accepted all the complaints made by the Si Xing Regiment, but he did not agree with him blindly at all.

This may also have something to do with the lieutenant general and division commander who died in the Battle of Zaoyi last year. In the Battle of Zaoyi, General Zhang's death was an irreparable loss for the Fifth Theater and even for the whole of China. However, the 84th Army 137 The death of Division Lieutenant General Zhong Yi also dealt a heavy blow to the 11th Group Army.

During that period, the entire 137th Division seemed to have awakened, and ranked first in the 11th Group Army in both combat and training.

This major general brigade commander was still a colonel commander last year. Because his brigade commander was promoted to division commander, he was promoted from regimental commander to brigade commander and entered the ranks of generals.

The Guangxi Clan was not very fond of the Central Army. Now that the Major General and Brigade Commander of the 70th Army wanted to find this person as an ally, he was looking for the wrong person.

But obviously, the major general of the 70th Army has not found a suitable alliance, which does not mean that no one has objections to the high-profile Four Lines Group.

For example, several major general-level officers from the Fifth Theater Command who came to accompany them said nothing, but there was more or less displeasure in their eyes.

This dissatisfaction mainly comes from the fact that the Four Corps escorted their chief of staff in such a high-profile manner. Does this mean they look down on the security forces sent by the war zone?

The theater headquarters accepted the lesson from the attack on Tang Dao this time. The security division specially mobilized a security regiment to fortify the perimeter of the headquarters. After entering the county, they even set up one post every three steps and one post every five steps. This restaurant alone There is a security company outside.

If the Japanese still want to attack, they must at least send an infantry regiment to sneak into the war zone to have the slightest possibility.

Especially, after Leng Feng, escorted by two jeeps with heavy machine guns and a dozen cavalry, also arrived at the restaurant, this dissatisfaction was clearly written on his face.

Just how arrogant is Lieutenant Colonel Leng Feng Leng? He raised his head and glanced coldly at the restaurant and the guards standing on both sides. Leng Feng waved his hand, and two jeeps arrived at the street intersection dozens of meters away from the restaurant. The heavy machine gun belts were not unloaded, and the war zone guards on the side The platoon leader politely approached and offered a cigarette, but the heavy machine gun shooter, who had his hand on the heavy machine gun, also refused.

The dozen cavalrymen were even more powerful. The four cavalrymen who jumped off their horses first tied the reins of more than a dozen strong horses to pillars on the roadside, and then took out the equipment wrapped in raincloths on the backs of the horses. Several of them flashed Not only are they machine guns with a faint blue luster, but they also have small-caliber mortars that are particularly good.

More than 10 cavalrymen carried enough equipment to raze the restaurant to the ground and entered the houses on both sides. They set up machine guns above the houses to guard the surrounding area of ​​the restaurant. But they don't know where they placed the small-caliber mortars.

Anyway, for the major general-level officers watching all this in the restaurant, they knew very well that if someone really wanted to break into the restaurant, the crossfire of several machine guns would be able to sieve the intruders. Two small cannons hidden somewhere can turn this place into a sea of ​​flames.

This warning firepower is awesome enough, but it is really too much. People who don't know better think that Leng Feng, a little army lieutenant colonel, is the commander of the theater!

To be honest, even if Chief Li goes out to eat, he has never been like this.

However, it seems that the order was personally given by Chief Li. The Fourth Army Regiment can personally guard the officers who come to the headquarters and sign the warrants. Even the major guard battalion commander in charge of guarding this area can only watch these. The soldiers set up guns and cannons on their own territory.

"There are rumors that Commander Tang has two powerful men. One is Lei Xiong, who has been promoted to the head of the security regiment of the Jinan Administrative Office, and the other is Leng Feng, the chief of staff of the Fourth Army Regiment. When I saw them today, just looking at the security deployment formation, I My colleagues and I know that Chief of Staff Leng is well-deserved for his reputation as a tough guy. My dear Zhu Nairui, Chief of Staff Leng is honored to meet you! It's a pleasure to meet you!" The Army Major General, the deputy chief of staff of the theater and deputy commander of the garrison division, who came downstairs to greet him, had a formulaic expression on his face. laugh.

As the deputy commander of the security division, although he did not personally participate in the preparation of today's security, he is still considered his direct subordinate. The Four Elements Group actually had five people and six people in front of his subordinates. He can't blame him for his sharp words. Somewhat. It was obviously to praise Leng Feng, but the subtext was: You, a tough general, are just a small school officer, but you are so tough on us real generals. Are you not being tough in the wrong place?

This guy was sarcastic and sarcastic towards Leng Feng as soon as they met. If it were someone with Cai Yongguan's fiery temper, he would probably explode on the spot.

You are either the deputy chief of staff or the deputy division commander. Quan Teliang is all deputy. Why do you think you are a big clove of garlic when you jump out?

Leng Feng did not.

Because, before arriving at the Fifth War Zone, Tang Dao mentioned the names of more than a dozen noteworthy generals in the Fifth War Zone to everyone in the Sixings Regiment Headquarters, and this was among them.

This Major General Zhu will become the main division commander of the Guangxi 7th Army, known as the 'Seventh Steel Army' in the future.

How powerful this 7th Army is can be seen from its combat resume. In October 1937, it was ordered to participate in the Battle of Songhu and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army. The cost was the death of Qin Lin, commander of the 511th Brigade of the 171st Division, and two-thirds of its troops were sacrificed. , then Major General Pang Hanzhen, commander of the 510th Brigade of the 170th Division, was killed in action.

The 170th and 172nd Divisions went to Wuxing and Nanxun in mid-November to set up defenses, cover the retreat of friendly forces from Songhu, and fought **** battles with the Japanese invaders for more than ten years. Xia Guozhang, the deputy commander of the 172th Division, was killed in the Wuxing blockade. Wei Jiansen, the leader of the 1043rd Regiment, was killed in action, and the 1016th Regiment replaced the regiment. Commander Xie Zhiheng was killed in battle, and more than 78% of the soldiers were killed.

After the first battle, 3 major generals of the 7th Army were killed. The entire army participated in the battle of 22,000 people, with less than 5,000 remaining. The name of the "Seventh Army of Steel" also spread like wildfire.

A person who can become the commander of the main division of the Seventh Steel Army, even if his ability is not outstanding, his status in the heart of General Li is definitely considered to be a confidant. What's more, Tang Dao specially added four words to this person's evaluation: "patriotic general".

"Report to Commander Zhu and receive Commander Li's order. In order to prevent the recurrence of the June 11th incident and to prevent the morale of our four-line regiment from drifting, our department's alert specifications are wartime level one alert. If there is anything inappropriate, Leng Feng reports to Commander Tang on behalf of Commander Tang. Sirs, I apologize! Sir Zhu and all the other officers, please forgive me!" Leng Feng's face was still cold, but when he raised his hands and saluted, he was still polite.

There is absolutely no arrogance or domineering attitude.

And the reason is very good. This is the order of the commander of the war zone, not that the Four Elements Regiment wants to act independently.

This is indeed the case. Only those who know the inside story of Tang Dao's attack will understand how much General Li's hair has turned gray in the past 10 days due to this incident.

Not to mention that there is a very high-level Japanese spy hiding in the theater headquarters. So far, the Four Lines Regiment has not been given a reasonable explanation. The dignified theater commander cannot find a reasonable explanation for his subordinates. Is it reasonable? This is unreasonable.

As long as you are not a fool, you will know that there must be an invisible big hand behind this matter controlling everything, and gradually smearing and erasing the truth.

At times like this, the nerves of thousands of people in the Four Elements Group are naturally sensitive and fragile. If you are not careful, this string will be completely broken. Even the general surnamed Li can only carefully maintain it to avoid the Four Elements. The regiment's morale was floating.

"Chief Li takes great care of the Four Elements Regiment! Will I have any objection to the commander's order? Chief of Staff Leng, please! I don't know how the commander Tang's injury is. If I have time, I will definitely represent the staff. Colleagues went to visit.”

Major General Zhu originally wanted to wait for the cold-faced lieutenant colonel to retaliate, but he happened to reprimand him on the grounds of unequal military positions, causing the high-profile Four Lines Group to lose face. Unexpectedly, Leng Feng was polite, polite, and neither humble nor overbearing. His words were also extremely polite, and the previous tone disappeared completely.

How powerful the Four Lines Group is, he, the deputy chief of staff who reads Shipai battle reports every day, may be one of the people in the war zone who knows best.

That was a macho infantry regiment that single-handedly killed more than 10,000 Japanese troops!

Take Lieutenant Colonel Leng Feng Leng as an example. He led an infantry battalion in Sifang Bay to defeat the Zhengu detachment. According to the reports from the staff officers sent by the war zone to inspect the results, there were only Japanese corpses piled in front of the Sifang Bay position. There are more than 2,300 of them.

Major General Zhu, who had served as a brigade commander and participated in the Jiangxia Defense War, knew how difficult it was to kill 2,000 Japanese troops. He fought fiercely with an infantry brigade and two Japanese infantry brigades for five days and nights, and was only able to kill 400 Japanese troops. However, At the cost of 40% battle damage.

"Sir Zhu's kindness, I appreciate it for Mr. Tang."

Leng Feng then remembered that his senior officer seemed to also hold the position of Chief of Section 1 of the Operations Division of the General Staff Headquarters. If calculated this way, Major General Zhu was still Tang Dao's direct boss. The boss visited his subordinate in person to show his closeness.

With this relationship, the two of them instantly became close from the previous tense situation.

"This idiot gets cold feet even when people say hello politely."

The Major General of the 70th Army was very disdainful of Major General Zhu's rapid transformation. Even when Leng Feng walked into the hall and saluted him with a question mark, he returned the military salute without even raising his hand to his cheek.

Leng Feng did not feel dissatisfied. After a few words with the major generals of the 67th Army, he consciously stood aside.

After all, this place is basically a stage for generals. His rank is several levels lower. The reason for alert is that he can be high-profile due to the commander's military orders, but his words and deeds here must be low-key.

The headquarters attached great importance to this reception banquet, and even specially arranged operas to entertain the officials before they arrived.

There were traditional Peking operas and anti-Japanese dramas rehearsed by the female soldiers of the Propaganda Department of the Theater Command. Several major generals who arrived at the restaurant an hour or two in advance were cracking melon seeds while watching the performances on the stage and shouting "Hello" from time to time. , the atmosphere is still very warm.

Leng Feng sat in the far corner, sitting upright and looking at the stage seriously, even though his facial expression remained cold.

This did live up to his nickname of "Leng Mu". Even a major general from the 67th Army who had met him once took the initiative to chat with him, but he stopped without saying a few words.

It didn't take long before Chief of Staff Leng, who had come in an assault jeep to become the center of attention, became a little transparent in this restaurant. Even the major general of the 70th Army selectively forgot about him.

It wasn't long before the banquet officially started until the Lieutenant General's Chief of Staff arrived.

Only then did Leng Feng jump back into everyone's sight.

Until then, these army major generals didn't know why the Si Xing Regiment appointed such a taciturn chief of staff to attend this reception banquet.

Because, unlike Tang Tuanzuo, who is like a peerless sword whose peerless edge can be felt just by looking at it, he is more like a sword hidden in a scabbard.

If you don't pull it out, no one will notice it. Once you pull it out, it will be **** for five steps!

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ps: Yesterday I went to the county to do some errands. I originally planned to come back as soon as I finished the work, but my classmates in the county insisted on staying for dinner. Fengyue was not good at drinking in the first place, and the high-alcohol drinks made by her classmates made her drunk after just one glass. I was so drunk that I went to the hotel to take a shower and then fell asleep. I didn't even ask for leave. Sorry!