The troops of the national army suffered a loss of weapons and equipment, and after so many days of fierce fighting, thousands of people died every day.

One regiment after another of the national army units filled in the battlefield, and the formation of one regiment was dispersed within two days of fighting.

The Japanese 11th Army suffered a heavy loss on the front line of Ma, and there was no progress in the battle for more than half a month, which is why the enemy's attack was so frantic and in a hurry.

The two divisions of the Japanese army fought all the way to the vicinity of Jingma County and Mahuiling, and after the enemy was divided by the troops of the First Corps, the two divisions of the devil stopped attacking.

The two Japanese divisions were united and twisted together, that is, an iron fist, with the enemy's combat strength, enough to sweep through the 1st Corps.

However, the logistics of the Japanese army were attacked by a certain unit of the First Corps, and there were problems with supplies, and the two divisions of the devils could not support each other, so it was difficult to organize a strong attack......

Li Hong, who was far away in Madang Fortress, was more concerned about the battle situation in Jingma County, so he gave some of his own tactical suggestions.

The Ninth Theater of Operations, the command headquarters of the 1st Corps.

Although the First Corps temporarily contained the enemy's offensive, Xue Boling, as the commander of the Corps, did not relax because of this.

According to the battle reports from the front, the Japanese air force dropped a large amount of supplies.

The First Corps had previously used a brigade to raid the Devil Logistics Base at all costs, and the Nationalist troops had successfully attacked by sneak attack, but the combat troops suffered two regiments of casualties.

Xue Boling originally thought that if the devil's logistics were cut off, the Japanese army might withdraw, but he never thought that after spending such a large price of casualties, he would not be able to let the devil retreat.

The devils dispatched several batches of transport planes and airdropped several batches of supplies in a row.

Of course, the materials airdropped are limited after all, and it is difficult to maintain the long-term consumption of a division, so the 101st Division of the Japanese Army will be in a hurry to conquer Jingma County.

It was precisely because the Japanese army was in a hurry that the commander of the 101st Division of the devil almost hung on the battlefield.

After listening to several front-line battle reports, Xue Boling became anxious and worried, and he paced back and forth in the headquarters with his hands behind his back.

If the 101st Division could not be forced back in a short period of time, the First Corps would become empty of troops and suffer losses in weapons and equipment, so Xue Boling would be so worried.

After a while, a communications soldier handed him another telegram.

"Report to Commander Xue, telegram from Li Hong of the Security Corps!"

"Oh, Li Hong's telegram?"

Xue Boling was shocked, then stopped and took the telegram and flipped through it in detail.

The content of the telegram was a tactical suggestion sent by Li Hong, and he carefully read Li Hong's analysis and opinions on the battle situation.

Xue Boling was able to serve as the commander-in-chief of the First Corps and concurrently serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater, so he naturally had outstanding command skills and a unique strategic vision.

He did not graduate from Whampoa, but graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, and followed Mr. Sun in his early years.

Xue Boling is brave and strategic, his mind is very flexible, he is good at making strange moves, he has few defeats on the battlefield, he has participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou, and not long ago organized the Battle of Lanfeng......

Xue Boling had his own military opinions on the battlefield, and if he thought that tactics were not feasible, even if Principal Chiang gave an order in front of him, he would refute it.

After reading the telegram in his hand, he thought for a while, and then handed the telegram to his chief of staff, Fang Jiangong.

"Brother Jiangong, look at this telegram, this is Li Hong's tactical suggestion to the enemy in Jingma County."

Fang Jiangong quietly pushed his glasses, picked up the telegram and read it.

Fang Jiangong's resume is similar to Xue Boling, both of them graduated from Baoding Military Academy, and they have been partners for many years, and they have a tacit understanding of cooperation on the battlefield.

Fang Jiangong is only the post of chief of staff and major general, and his command ability may not be as good as Xue Boling, but his ability to control the battlefield and his prediction and analysis of the battlefield situation are very skillful.

Fang Jiangong is a relatively humble and gentle person, and his mood is invisible, and ordinary people can't guess what he thinks.

"Brother Boling, this tactic proposed by Li Hong is completely fine." Fang Jiangong said to Xue Boling.

"My Chief of Staff, are you done?"

Xue Boling looked at his partner in surprise, a little puzzled by how his chief of staff could spare words like gold today.

Fang Jiangong smiled indifferently and said, "Of course it's over, so what's the matter?" I'm going to give you a long compilation? ”

"Brother Meritorious Service, you are too childish, this is a battle of tens of thousands of people, and you don't give me an analysis and estimate of the battlefield situation?" Xue Boling's eyes stared at his chief of staff.

"Brother Boling, Li Hong, who should be analyzed, has finished analyzing it for me, and even Li Hong has thought of the battle results for us, what do you want me to say?" Fang Jiangong said a few words helplessly, and then said: "If I analyze and estimate the battle situation, it is nothing more than to say it again in the same way as Li Hong's words, doesn't it seem that I am talentless?" ”

As soon as Xue Boling heard the words of the chief of staff, after a few seconds, he immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahaha!!"

Both laughed.

Xue Boling is not a hesitant person, he will definitely seize a fighter plane if there is one.

He adopted Li Hong's suggestion, and after the two divisions were divided, Xue Boling urgently ordered the three corps of the First Corps to implement a strategic encirclement of the 101st Division of the devil.

The 101st Division of the Japanese Army, which belongs to the B Division, has a strength of about 16,000 people and is equipped with a certain number of field artillery and mountain artillery, but the combat effectiveness of this division is much worse than that of the 106th Division.

After several days of fighting, the 101st Division of the Devil suffered a lot of casualties, and there were only less than 12,000 combat troops that could be invested.

The previous commander of the 101st Division was Ito Masaki, because Ito Masaki had a serious neck injury, so he could no longer continue to command the battle.

The current commander of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army is temporarily replaced by the commander of the 105th Brigade of the original Japanese Army.

The three armies of the national army combined were less than 35,000 people, and 35,000 people surrounded a division of the Japanese army.

In terms of numbers, the national army is three times larger than the Japanese army, but the Japanese army is equipped with a lot of artillery, and there is also air support from the devil's aviation unit, and it is not so easy to trap the devil's division and encircle and annihilate it.

Li Hong's proposal to the headquarters of the First Corps was made after careful consideration.

The three armies of the First Corps besieged the enemy, and it was best to be able to annihilate the enemy in large numbers, and the worst results could also force the devils to withdraw and relieve the crisis in Jingma County......

That night, the three corps of the Nationalist Army, in accordance with the instructions of the order, encircled the 101st Division of the Devil that was besieging the outskirts of Jingma County.

The Japanese 101st Division did not expect that the 1st Corps of the Nationalist Army would deploy all its forces to besiege it, which caught Yamamurano Yoshi, who had just taken over the command, off guard.

The three armies of the Nationalist Army concentrated all the large and small caliber artillery and bombarded the garrison of the 101st Division of the Devils, killing and wounding nearly 1,000 Devils.