Xuzhou.

Fifth Theater Command.

General Li Delin's face became extremely solemn, and now the battle situation in the battlefield south of Xuzhou was as Yang Chen predicted, and the Huaihe moat still failed to block the Japanese attack.

Now the Japanese army is unstoppable, dividing the way and rushing towards Xuzhou.

"Kensheng, what do you think we should do? At present, the Japanese army in Central China has dispatched five or six divisions and regiments, and more than 100,000 troops have broken through the defense line of the Huai River.

The regular troops are dividing the road and advancing towards Xuzhou respectively, and the situation is extremely unfavorable for us!" General Li Delin said to Bai Jiansheng with a worried face.

"At the moment, I can only say that I can take one step at a time, and if necessary, I can transfer the Tiger Ben Regiment and the 74th Army to Huainan to block the Japanese army in Central China from going north!" General Bai Jiansheng knew that Xuzhou would be lost sooner or later, but it was not yet the time when he could not hold out.

He won't take the initiative to retreat, in case the chairman of the committee puts the blame for the loss of Xuzhou on his head, it will not be good.

General Li Delin also understood General Bai Jiansheng's worries, so he sighed: "At present, it can only be like this!"

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A few days later, Yang Chen had already led the Tiger Ben Regiment to rest and train in Xuzhou for 10 days.

The recruits have trained hard one by one, and although they can't catch up with the veterans, they still have a certain combat effectiveness.

At this time, the Japanese army in Central China had already entered the city of Suxian, which was less than 300 miles away from Xuzhou.

The situation in Xuzhou suddenly became precarious.

Because if this continues, it won't be long before the Japanese army in Central China will be able to attack Xuzhou with the 114th Division, the 5th Division, and the 14th Division.

When General Li Delin learned of the news, he was shocked and immediately sent the 74th Army and the Tiger Ben Regiment to the south to reinforce Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army and Liu Shiyi's 31st Army.

However.

Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

Just when Yang Chen led the troops to the south and just left the boundary of Xuzhou.

The 16th Division of the Japanese Army, which marched north by sea and went up the Yellow River, under the leadership of Major General Sasaki Zhiyi, its acting division commander, suddenly marched sharply and attacked Lanfeng. Update the fastest mobile terminal: :// (Launch, domain name (please remember _ three

Gui Yongqing and others, who were stationed in the Lanfeng area, disregarded the general interests of the country and the nation and fled without a fight, causing the Japanese army to easily occupy this strategic place on the Longhai Railway.

The Longhai Railway was cut off instantly.

It also buried the good situation north of Xuzhou!

Most importantly, after the Japanese captured Lanfeng.

From the perspective of the overall strategic situation, the Japanese army in North China, the Central China Front Army, and the 114th Division entrenched in Lianyungang have formed a situation of encirclement on all sides of Xuzhou.

If Lanfeng is not recaptured as soon as possible, it will lead to hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield in Xuzhou falling into the encirclement of the Japanese army, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

At the same time, it also exposed the strategic ambition of the Japanese army to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Fifth Theater in Xuzhou.

When the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee in Wuhan got the news, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

After discussing with Chen Cixiu, He Jingzhi and others, it was decided that Li Delin was ordered to lead the Fifth War Zone to immediately start preparations and abandon Xuzhou to retreat.

In order to preserve the vitality of our army and plan for a long-term war of resistance.

At the same time, the first theater was ordered to form the Eastern Henan Corps, gather more than 100,000 troops, and prepare for a counterattack on Lanfeng with Xue Boling as the commander-in-chief.

Recapture this strategic place and open the way for Xuzhou to retreat westward.

In order to meet the retreat of hundreds of thousands of main forces in the Xuzhou area.

After General Li Delin got the news of the loss of Lanfeng, he was also angry and couldn't help but scold: "I have been reminded by Yang Chen to inform in advance to strengthen the defense of Lanfeng and other areas along the river.

Unexpectedly, I was still exploited by the little devil who said the dog!

Lan Feng is lost, there is no need for the entire Xuzhou to hold on, this Lan Feng Shou will really deserve death!"

"Duke De doesn't need to be angry, it's not that the chairman didn't send troops to strengthen Lanfeng, it's just that he sent Gui Yongqing, he never thought that this was a fierce general of the Central Army, and he would run away without a fight, and abandon Lanfeng so much! The tide of battle has taken a turn for the worse!" Bai Jiansheng comforted.

"This Gui Yongqing abandoned such an important place without authorization, which caused hundreds of thousands of troops in my Fifth War Zone to fall into the crisis of being surrounded by Japanese invaders on all sides!

He should be punished for his crimes!" General Li Delin was not angry.

"Duke De, as for how to deal with Gui Yongqing, this is a matter for the chairman, let's consider the retreat for now." General Bai Jiansheng frowned, and said with a worried expression: "Because, I'm worried that the Eastern Henan Army led by Xue Boling may not be able to recapture Lanfeng!" Destroy the enemy's 16th Division. ”

"100,000 troops, and they can't eat a lone army that is deep, and even the division headquarters is the 16th Division that has just been formed?" General Li Delin's face became more and more ugly and said: "If this is the case, then he, Xue Boling, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the first war zone, should not be the commander-in-chief!" Starting

"Xue Boling is nicknamed the Tiger Boy, and he still has some ability to lead and command battles, if these 100,000 troops can all work together and follow orders, they will definitely be invincible.

It is naturally not a problem to completely annihilate the 16th Division, which is a lone army.

But I'm afraid, this Eastern Henan Army, which is composed of the Central Army, each fights its own small ninety-nine, and in order to preserve its own strength, all departments cannot use their lives and unite sincerely.

Not to mention the delay of fighter planes, it will also affect the retreat of our troops in the Fifth Theater!" General Bai Jiansheng said worriedly: "So, what I'm really worried about is this. ”

"Then Jiansheng, what do you have to do?" General Li Delin subconsciously asked.

"Transfer the Huben Regiment over, order Yang Chen, recapture Lanfeng at all costs, and completely annihilate the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, so as to open up the road for our army to retreat west!"

General Bai Jiansheng thought for a while and said, "If Gui Yongqing's department is compared to a flock of sheep, then Yang Chen's tiger group is a group of tigers and a group of wolves.

With such a tiger and wolf division participating in the battle, coupled with the assistance of other Central Army that dared to fight, to recapture Lanfeng, the 16th Division should be wiped out!

Even, even if the Japanese army sends another division over, Yang Chen can be completely annihilated! ”

In the end, General Bai Jiansheng's face involuntarily showed a touch of confidence.

Through the legend of the Battle of Shanxi last year, as well as the verification of the Battle of Taierzhuang, the abilities of Yang Chen and the Tiger Bentuan have been fully recognized by him.

Even in the eyes of this little Zhuge , Yang Chen's Tiger Ben Regiment is an invincible and omnipotent steel army!

"However, the Japanese army in Huainan is already less than 300 miles away from us!

If the Tiger Ben Regiment is transferred to Lanfeng at this time, I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese army in Central China in the south. General Li Delin said.

"Duke De, since our department has decided to abandon Xuzhou, then after our theater headquarters transfers and evacuates Xuzhou, they can take the opportunity to transfer to the junction of Henan and Anhui and the junction of Anhui and Suzhou.

Therefore, as long as the 74th Army is sent to the aid of the Huainan battlefield, it will be enough to suspend the pressure brought to us by the Japanese army in the south!" General Bai Jiansheng said.

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