Li Ping took the telegram, read it, handed it to the two political commissars, and came to the map himself, his face sinking like water.

After reading it, Staff Officer Ye also walked to the map, and a little worry appeared on the faces of the two.

"Division commander, I didn't expect the Japanese army to transfer three divisions again, so the pressure on our base area will be very great."

Chief of Staff Ye Li Ping nodded, although his troops occupied a lot of base areas, but the number of enemies was too large, and I am afraid that the territory in Shandong would not be enough for his own troops to convert.

With so many troops, Sugiyama Gen will not be as urgent as last time, and from his position, this battle is inevitable.

Li Ping's idea is Sugiyama Yuan's idea, and now the three divisions from the Japanese army headquarters are about to land in Qingdao, and Sugiyama Yuan is preparing to uproot the Eighth Route Army in Shandong with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

"Your Excellency, the delivery of supplies is going smoothly at present, and you can carry out your plan as soon as the troops arrive."

Sugiyama Yuan nodded when he heard this, his face was still pale for the time being, he showed a hint of redness, he had been planning for many days, and he could carry out the encirclement and suppression plan as long as the troops were in place.

"Let the intelligence department probe every move of the 77th Division, and there can be no more accidents." , Sugiyama Yuan still had a little fear in his eyes, he didn't want to be seized by Li Ping again.

Sugiyama Yuan summed up a lot of ways to deal with Li Ping, the most basic thing is to cover up the loopholes in his actions, and he can't give Li Ping a chance to start, otherwise the embankment of a thousand miles will collapse in the anthill.

Sugiyama Motoshi ordered all departments of the Japanese army to step up their operations, and Li Ping, on the other side, also asked the intelligence department to find out the devil's movements.

The war has not yet begun, and the war in the underground is already in full swing, and both sides must ensure that their actions are not exposed, and both must eliminate the intelligence services in their spheres of influence.

The dark war was hot, and Li Ping did not calm down, when he learned that the devil's materials were placed in Weifang, and they were still being transported, and Sugiyama Yuan used the Yamamoto division to protect the materials, which shows Sugiyama Yuan's caution.

The distance is too far, Li Ping has no way to destroy the transportation of the devils, and the small troops can be sent over, but there is no other role except for causing a small commotion among the devils, and the large troops themselves cannot get out of the blockade line of the devils.

Li Ping himself knew that it was impossible to influence Sugiyama Yuan's arrangement in a short period of time, and all he could do now was to prepare for the war.

"Division commander, Sugiyama Yuan's encirclement and suppression will be a battalion step by step, how are we going to fight." , The political commissar also saw the signs, if he had a strong army, he would definitely crush the devil with an overwhelming offensive, on the contrary, now that he and others are on the weak side, Sugiyama Yuan will definitely do it.

Chief of Staff Ye's face was very bad, he had been thinking about it for a long time, but there was no way to break the situation, after listening to the political commissar's question, he opened his mouth and said: "We are now on the defensive side, according to the fact that we have just been established, if we retreat as soon as the devil comes, I am afraid it will damage our prestige in the hearts of the people." ”

"So the base area must be abandoned, but in this way, we will fulfill Sugiyama Moto's wishes, and he is probably the most likely to want us to fight like this."

Li Ping nodded when he heard this, the defense had already lost the opportunity, and it was impossible for Sugiyama Yuan not to see this, but if he ordered the troops to take the initiative to attack, he could fight there.

Li Ping was not sure in his heart, and when Sugiyama Yuan's troops were fully deployed, he had no other way to go except defense.

Can you jump to the outside to fight? Li Ping looked at the map and erased this idea, the outer line was equivalent to the coastal area of Shandong, and the troops could not withstand the shelling of the warships of the Devil's Navy, so he cut off this idea, and Li Ping shifted his attention to Jinan.

"Chief of Staff, the troops can't just defend, so it's easy for Sugiyama to seize the opportunity."

"You see if this will work, we are half defensive and half offensive, which can be regarded as a little bit of the initiative."

After Li Ping finished speaking, Chief of Staff Ye thought for a while and then stared at the map, what is half defending and half attacking, Li Ping means that while holding the base area, he will take the initiative to attack, so that the two battlefields seem to be unrelated, but it can also make Sugiyama Yuan have a lot of scruples.

A few minutes later, Chief of Staff Ye, who had a lot of thoughts flashed in his mind, finally set his eyes on the direction of Jinan, and suddenly all his thoughts were connected into a line, and he blurted out and asked, "Division Commander, what do you mean in the direction of Jinan?" ”

Li Ping nodded when he heard this, and said: "Although the surrounding area of Jinan must be heavily garrisoned by Sugiyama Yuan, but our troops appear, Sugiyama Yuan must distract himself from his attack battlefield. ”

"It is important to sweep the base area, and the security of Jinan is equally important, the troops and the devils are maneuvering, although they can deter Jinan, don't forget, Sugiyama Yuan will put the materials in Jinan City."

Chief of Staff Ye nodded suddenly, when fighting, any slight loophole must be paid attention to, Sugiyama Yuan is not worried that Jinan This is exactly an opportunity that the Eighth Route Army can take advantage of.

In this way, the base area can be entangled with the devils, and another battlefield is also launched, and the devils also need to defend and attack, and the two sides can be regarded as coming to the same level.

"Division commander, I don't think there can be too many troops dispatched to Jinan, 10,000 troops will do."

Chief of Staff Ye's words made Li Ping nod in agreement, saying that he was going to attack, but in fact, he walked into the encirclement of the devils and made a big fuss, and it was difficult to control the transfer of too many troops.

But the troops must not be less, and Sugiyama must be given a kind of oppressive force, so that he can understand at any time that Jinan is in danger of falling.

"Division commander, leave this battlefield to me! I can control the situation. Chief of Staff Ye was a little broken, and Li Ping thought about it when he heard this.

This road of troops will be very dangerous, if you are not careful, you will be surrounded by devils, there must be a commander who can adapt to the situation, Li Ping originally planned to lead the team himself, but when he thought of it, this direction also needs to be in charge by himself.

"Okay, the chief of staff of this army, you personally control and command."

Li Ping nodded in agreement, turned his head to the political commissar and said, "Political commissar, let the intelligence department clear the intelligence department of the devils in the base area, and prepare supplies at the same time." ”

"Chief of Staff, this line of troops must be hidden for the time being, and you will prepare to set off tonight, and you will send all the troops to gather."

"Yes, Commander."

The two went down to prepare at the same time, Li Ping continued to think about the defense line of the base area, Sugiyama Yuan wanted to sweep the base area, he had to send troops from multiple routes, otherwise the Eighth Route Army could be transferred at any time.

Since the devil wants to send troops from multiple routes, it means that all the base areas of the Eighth Route Army are battlefields, and it looks like he can find an opportunity to transfer, but Li Ping understands that he has no chance to escape this battle, and he must strengthen the determination of the people of Shandong to resist Japan.

As soon as Li Ping wanted to sit down, Huzi ran in panting and said, "Division commander, the underground party comrades have contacted the soldiers of our special combat team to investigate the news, and there is an important situation to report. ”