The National Government had a long understanding of the Japanese army's strategy. The Supreme Military Command ordered Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth War Zone who was responsible for this war zone, to use the natural dangers of the Yellow River and Huai River to maneuver and flexibly use troops to curb the Japanese attack, ensure the smooth flow of military, economic and transportation arteries, Longhai Road, and ensure the safety of the east side of Pinghan Road, so that the rear of Wuhan has plenty of time to make strategic deployments and prepare for protracted warfare.

The 38th year is the Year of the Tiger. Just after the Lunar New Year, the 25th Division received an order and the entire division went to Luohe to continue to reorganize.

Military orders are like mountains! In the tears of locust flowers, Li Qinglin and the others left Luoyang and came to Luohe.

It was early February of 1938, and the Japanese army, who were carrying the power of new victories, made a blind advance. In order to win a greater victory, the Japanese army marched from both north and south and secretly played a competition.

But what they overlooked is that the Fifth War Zone has made a lot of preparations, and the battlefield situation has undergone tremendous changes without realizing it.

On January 11, Chiang Kai-shek held a meeting of senior officers in the First and Fifth War Zone in Kaifeng and delivered a speech on "Resolution on War of Resistance and the Key to Victory". When summarizing the "reasons of frustration", he pointed out the twelve shortcomings of the National Army, including criticizing senior generals, believing that "military discipline has become the most serious crime", saying that some generals "lack of the spirit of sacrifice", "lack of the spirit of unity", "lack of resolute confidence" and "the orders cannot be implemented".

In order to boost military discipline, Chiang Kai-shek "dismissed Han Fuqu and investigated" on the same day and immediately escorted him to Wuhan.

On January 24, the National Government executed Han Fuqu’s death penalty for disobeying the order and retreating without authorization.

Han Fuqugui was the chairman of Shandong Province, deputy commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone and commander-in-chief of the Third Army. He was executed for preserving his strength and passively avoiding war. Chiang Kai-shek's decisive behavior shocked the timid senior officers, effectively revitalizing his sluggish morale and morale, and winning unanimous support from the people. From then on, all the troops under the Fifth War Zone were obstructed and fought bravely to fight the enemy. They no longer dared to preserve their strength with a lucky mentality.

In the southern section of the Jinpu Line, on January 26, 2018, the 13th Division of the Central Chinese Front, which was advancing northward, began to attack Fengyang and Bengbu.

At this time, in the area south of Mingguang, there were Li Pinxian's 11th Army, Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, and Liao Lei's troops in the 21st Army. The Kuomintang army used the favorable terrain of Chihe, Huaihe, Feihe and Wuhe to intercept the Japanese army northwards. The two sides fought fiercely for more than a month, and there was no victory or defeat.

Yan Junliu was furious. He mobilized reinforcements from Nanjing again and drew heavy weapons such as tanks and heavy artillery to strengthen Mingguang's offensive forces, in an attempt to succeed in the battle.

Under the command of Li Zongren, the Kuomintang army did not fight against the enemy, but instead made way for the southern section of Jinpu Road and retreated the main force of the army westward. When the Japanese army forcibly advanced, they lengthened the front line. They waited for an opportunity to attack and cut the enemies on the southern section of Jinpu Road into several sections. The Japanese front line of the southern section of Jinpu Road was in danger.

On this battlefield, the Japanese army also encountered an enemy they had never imagined, that is, the loyal, brave and strong people in northern Anhui.

Northern Anhui has been a place where military strategists have fought for since ancient times. The people here are loyal, brave and powerful, brave and good at fighting. Many years ago, there was a saying that "the iron-killed northern Anhui and the paper-patterned Jiangnan" was said.

When the Japanese army invaded the Huaihe River Basin, the people in northern Anhui spontaneously organized themselves. They sent military rations, transported ammunition, rescued wounded soldiers, and helped the Chinese army with their own practical actions. In addition, in Mingguang, Dingyuan and other places, local civilian armed forces and even gentry servants directly participated in the attack on the Japanese army.

Not only the civilian armed forces participated in the battle, but even local sects with a sense of justice and patriotism actively participated in the war. The largest sect in northern Anhui was the Red Gun Society. They spontaneously organized 3,000 strong men. These members of the Red Gun Society wore red scarves, red belts, and red tassel guns in their hands. They attacked the Japanese army everywhere on the northern Anhui land and seized supplies from the Japanese army.

These brave people were ambushed in the woods, villages, fields, and every time the Japanese army went to a village or a town, they would be attacked. In the ocean of people's war, the Japanese invaders had no rest day or night, and the Japanese could not eat well and live well, and were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. In northern Anhui, as long as there were Japanese soldiers who had left the order, they would never survive.

In this area, the 13th Division of the Japanese was tightly held by the Chinese army. Their attack had no progress and could not take care of each other from the beginning to the end. A total of more than 3,000 people were lost. They were always stalemate with the Chinese army on both sides of the Huai River. Therefore, the plan to go north was impossible to achieve. Since then, the Japanese army's planned "North-South attack" strategy was declared bankrupt, and the resolute resistance of the national army forced the Japanese army to change to the strategy of "defending south and attacking north".

The 52nd Army was transferred to Luohe, and it was precisely because Han Fuqu fled without fighting that the national army on the northern line of the Jinpu Road was shaken. In order to stabilize the situation, the Supreme Military Command urgently ordered the 20th Corps of Tang Enbo, who belonged to the command of the First War Zone, to be assigned to the command of the Fifth War Zone.

Before retreating, Han Fuqu transported the army's military supplies and private property through Jinpu Road, Longhai Road, and Pinghan Road to Luohe and Nanyang. The 52nd Army advanced to Luohe, in order to block the rear route of the Third Army, so that Han Fuju's old subordinates dared not to lie to disobey and stalk.

When the 145th Regiment arrived in Luohe, the pre-war training of each unit began immediately.

Except for the company commander of the fifth company, Li Qinglin, who was still represented by Lieutenant Company, the other personnel have basically been fully supplemented. There are now 123 people in the company. Among these more than 120 people, except for the forty-one who retreated from the Zhanghe Battle, the other 82 people are recruited in the Luoyang Division Management District.

The recruits have just transformed from peasants to soldiers. A small number of these recruits who have never been on the battlefield are confused and bold, while most of them are still conscious of peasants. They are honest and honest, silent and cowardly.

During the training in Luoyang, a new recruit threw a grenade, and the explosion of the grenade scared him to pee his pants. Even if such soldiers go to the battlefield, let alone let him kill the enemy face to face, maybe the enemy's cannon will scare him to death. Li Qinglin was extremely dissatisfied with such soldiers. He had to inject courage into these soldiers to eliminate fear and give them the heart to kill the enemy.

However, it is not a simple matter to make soldiers have the intention to kill the enemy. It takes a long process. For these uneducated farmers, simple preaching cannot solve the substantive problems. The best way is to let them feel it on the battlefield. Once such timid new recruits go to the battlefield, how much can they have in the end besides becoming cannon fodder? Li Qinglin is not sure. Moreover, letting these kind-hearted people die in vain is also extremely reluctant to let Li Qinglin.

Just when Li Qinglin was worried about this, something happened in the company, which gave Li Qinglin an excellent opportunity to train troops.
Chapter completed!