War of Resistance

Chapter 328 Secret Order
Since it was an emergency meeting, it didn't take long for the battalion commanders to return to the regiment headquarters for a meeting, including the new artillery battalion commander Zhao Chengge.

The content of the meeting was also very simple. It was probably an order to the battalions and the departments directly under the regiment headquarters to leave Xuzhou immediately and follow the chief of staff of the theater, Xu Zuyi, to Kaifeng.

This order was a relatively urgent one, so Zhang Tianhai's Zhiyi regiment immediately began to gather troops, packed their bags, and then went to Xuzhou Railway Station to gather.

When Zhang Tianhai rushed to Xuzhou Railway Station with his group to gather, Xu Zuyi and Chief Xu had already arrived here to wait for them.

"Hello, Commander Xu! Zhang Tianhai, head of the First Regiment directly under the Third War Zone, has been ordered to report to you with his troops!" After seeing Zuzu Yi in the dispatch office on the second floor of the train station, Zhang Tianhai immediately stood at attention and saluted.

Xu Zuyi's figure is not tall among the soldiers, on the contrary he is a little thin, which is relatively rare among general-level officers.

Isn't a staff officer a kind of civil servant in the army?

"I've heard for a long time that Commander Zhang is a leader in the seventh batch of Whampoa. When I saw him today, he is indeed a good-looking talent." Xu Zuyi patted Zhang Tianhai on the shoulder and said. He used to be the director of the Eighth Branch of the Central Military Academy. In a sense, he is barely a member of the Whampoa Department, but he is an instructor.

"Mr. Xu has won the award. He De is no more than a martial artist. How can He De accept the importance of the officer?" Zhang Tianhai also said very modestly.

"Okay. Let's not talk too much about the polite words now. There is a mission to take you to Kaifeng this time." After speaking, Xu Zuyi raised his hand and waved to his guard company commander, signaling to screen everyone away.

Soon, the office was cleared, leaving only Zhang Tianhai and Xu Zuyi.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Tianhai still doesn't know what's going on?There must be something important to explain.

Therefore, Zhang Tianhai stood at attention again and promised: "Mr. Xu can speak directly if he has something to say. As long as Mr. Xu gives an order, I will have nothing to say to the whole regiment."

"Okay, now it's just you and me. I will convey to you the secret order of the Supreme Command. You must not reveal the secret. Denying will be severely punished by military law, and shooting is not impossible." Xu Zuyi said very seriously, He knows better than anyone the importance of this meeting in Kaifeng.

Zhang Tianhai probably already guessed what the mission was, but he couldn't tell, otherwise another group of people would have their heads dropped to the ground.

"Yes, I understand that I will never divulge the secrets and complete the tasks assigned by the party and the state!" Zhang Tianhai puffed up his chest and promised very seriously.

"The third theater is directly under the headquarters of the first regiment. After entering Kaifeng, your department will enter the first-level combat readiness with the chief of staff of the fifth theater. The task of your department is to respond to the third army headquarters entering the city. Implement vigilance, if there is any change in the army's headquarters, your department can immediately annihilate them all on the spot!" Xu Zuyi took out a telegram and read it in a low voice, although the tone was not heavy, the content on it was shocking and murderous!
"Yes, sir!" Although Zhang Tianhai had already guessed the content of the mission, when the order was read from Zuzuyi's mouth, he was still a little taken aback-the above really wanted to do it for real.

From the annihilation on the spot, the determination of the Supreme Command can be seen in these six words: If Zhang Tianhai guessed correctly, all the troops gathered in the Kaifeng area must be the elite of the national army.

So, as long as Han Fuqu's troops entering Kaifeng can be eliminated, everything will be easy.

Sure enough, Xu Zuyi went on to say: "This time the Third Army entered Kaifeng City with only one regiment. According to the information sent back by the Secret Service, the regiment of the Third Army that followed Han Fuqu into the city is Han Fuqu's guard. Among them, the most famous regiment is the pistol company, and this pistol company has always followed Han Fuqu, so you don't need to solve this pistol company. Your task is to solve the guard regiment of the Third Army."

"Yes, sir." Zhang Tianhai responded.

Then, Xu Zuyi added another point: "By the way, by that time, the central army will basically be in the city, and only Han Fuqu's Shandong army will wear blue and gray military uniforms. At that time, after the meeting starts, all other irrelevant people will be transferred away." In the defense area of ​​the Han Fuqu Guard Corps, if there is a fight, the troops in blue and gray uniforms will all be wiped out."

"Yes, sir!" Zhang Tianhai replied again.

At this time, he already understood the attitude of the Supreme Command: this is to ensure the absolute completion of the task, even if it is to annihilate Han Fuqu's guards.

In fact, it's not surprising that the High Command made such an arrangement. After all, if the operation fails and nearly [-] troops of Han Fuqu's Third Army mutiny, the consequences will be disastrous, and no mistakes are allowed.

"After arriving in Kaifeng, the City Defense Command will give you a map of Kaifeng's city defense, and then you will study the combat plan. Okay, now board the train according to the train schedule dispatched by the station!" Xu Zuyi still did not forget After passing the note in his hand to Zhang Tianhai to read it, he burned it with fire.

When Zhang Tianhai saw the inscription on the telegram, it was the words of the Adjutant of the Supreme Command.

After Xu Zuyi burned the message paper, he handed Zhang Tianhai a boarding form, which roughly arranged which troops should board which train and so on.

And this train can just accommodate more than 600 people from Zhang Tianhai's regiment, and even the artillery battalion is arranged in it.

"Yes, the humble job will be arranged now." After speaking, Zhang Tianhai gave a military salute, then turned and left.

After going downstairs, Zhou Fangjie, Guo Qiliang, Li Chunfei, Lu Shaojie, Zhao Chengge and other middle and high-level officers of the First Regiment were already waiting.

"Tuan Zuo, did Commander Xu give you any special orders?" Guo Qiliang asked Zhang Tianhai.

Zhang Tianhai shook his head and said: "I didn't order anything else, just followed me to a dispatch list, each battalion should board the train according to the dispatch list, and deputy head Zhou will be in charge of boarding the train!"

Zhou Fangjie responded, "Yes, Tuan Zuo."

Guo Qiliang on the side had already seen that Zhang Tianhai just changed the topic casually, but he didn't expose it, and he didn't take the initiative to ask.

If it was true, Chief Xu would not call Zhou Fangjie and others out of the conference room to wait downstairs, but let Zhang Tianhai stay in the room alone with him. This conversation must be about the tasks to be performed in Kaifeng. Tianhai didn't say anything, and they couldn't guess what it was.

After all, Guo Qiliang, Zhou Fangjie and others are not traversers. They don't know what they are going to do recently. They may not even know the location of Han Fuqu's third army, let alone secretly arresting Han Fuqu.

It can be said that, except for the Secret Service (the predecessor of the Military Command) and a small number of senior generals like Li Zongren, Zu Yi, Cheng Qian, and Liu Zhi, no one knew what Chairman Jiang wanted to do in the Kaifeng meeting.

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PS: The first update is here. I have been too busy with various things in the past two days, and I almost missed the update. Fortunately, I still caught up with the work.

Xiongying asks for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, etc. again~
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