An hour later, Cangzhou was lost, and it was impossible for a garrison brigade of locusts to confront the airborne division of the national army, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Okamura Ningji ordered the Cangzhou garrison to abandon the city to preserve strength, and the troops withdrew to the direction of Haixing.

By five o'clock in the morning, the agents lurking in the city reported that the Airborne Division, the Third Tank Division, and the Special Operations Division of the National Army had entered Cangzhou, but the large army had not entered the city, and it was suspected that they were building defensive positions outside the city.

Everything seems to be that the national army is ready to defend Cangzhou.

Cangzhou is bordered by the Bohai Sea in the east, Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shandong in the south, which is the gateway to Pingjin and Tianjin, and is also the most important city on the Pingjin defense line of the island army.

Okamura Ninji no longer dared to listen to Kleist's suggestion to continue the offensive, and immediately ordered the right army to continue to move closer to the center, cooperate with the middle army to cut off the logistics channel of the Cangzhou national army at all costs, and prevent the follow-up troops of the national army from continuing to advance in the direction of Cangzhou.

The left army in the direction of Haixing was ordered to immediately return to help, and at the same time urged the reinforcements in the direction of Pingjin to advance quickly in the direction of Cangzhou, and the First Fleet of the Navy also sailed to the waters near Cangzhou.

All the air forces entered a state of readiness for war, and as soon as the morning dawned, they began to launch carpet bombing on Cangzhou, and even if Cangzhou was wiped off the map, the national army would never be allowed to succeed.

In fact, almost all the generals of the island army in the command, including Kleist, have great confidence in recapturing Cangzhou, after all, the locust army occupies absolute air superiority, and there is a naval sweep, and after noon tomorrow, reinforcements from the Haixing and Pingjin directions can reach Cangzhou, no matter how you look at it, the national army has no chance of winning.

Only Okamura Ninji and Ishihara Wanji were worried, because they knew that Jiang Haoran's most elite troops were in Cangzhou in front of them, and without full certainty, he had no reason to put them in danger, and as for where his confidence came from, neither of them had any clue.

At six o'clock in the morning, by a small forest in the southwest corner outside Cangzhou.

Chu Zhongtian, Wu Chaowen, Liu Bao, Li Bing, Liu Xianwei, Yang Changshun and other staff officers and generals gathered together and sat on the ground.

There was a map on the ground, and it seemed that they were discussing a plan against the enemy.

The sky was already bright, but the late autumn morning was shrouded in a thick fog, and it was difficult to see people clearly for more than ten meters, Chu Zhongtian looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "God is helping us, this fog will not disperse until at least nine o'clock, that is to say, we still have at least three hours to prepare, and there is plenty of time." ”

"Hehe, there is a lot of help for the righteous and little help for the unjust, the little devil exterminates humanity, and God can't stand it." Wu Chaowen laughed, and the others burst into laughter.

Chu Zhongtian said: "Since God is helping us, we can't waste this opportunity, this time we must cooperate with Butcher Su to complete this encirclement and completely annihilate the island army in the encirclement." Now I will assign the task, Xianwei, and the enemy in the Pingjin direction will be handed over to your airborne division. Liu Bao, the direction of Haixing belongs to your First Brigade. Li Bing, the direction of Hejian belongs to your Second Brigade. On the front, I will lead the guard battalion to assist Yang Changshun's 3rd Tank Division to defend against the enemy, do you have any questions? ”

"No problem!" All the generals said in unison.

"Okay, but I want to warn you, we don't have reserves, and no one can expect me to give you reinforcements, and Butcher Su's reinforcements won't arrive until at least tomorrow morning, so you'll have to carry them all on your own during this time?"

"Don't worry, Master, I promise to complete the task!"

"Yes, commander, you can rest assured, don't say one day, even three or five days are no problem."

Although Chu Zhongtian has been demoted to a major general because of killing prisoners in Jinan, the position of commander of the special operations division is still there, and at the same time, no one can command this kind of battle except him, so he was appointed by Jiang Haoran as the commander.

Chu Zhongtian scolded with a smile: "If you don't brag, you'll die, three or five days?" If it's no problem, get out quickly, as soon as the fog clears, the little devil's aviation should arrive. ”

Everyone laughed and got up, and joked with each other that everyone should not miss any parts, and even not die on the battlefield, and drink together when the battle is over.

Everyone knew that what would happen was going to be a brutal battle, but everyone's expressions were very relaxed and calm, they were not necessarily confident, but they must have seen death as if they were home.

The generals disappeared into the thick fog, the sound of the motor of the car faded away, and the world returned to peace.

Only Chu Zhongtian, Wu Chaowen and Yang Changshun were left at the lively scene just now.

Chu Zhongtian said: "Chief of Staff, have you arranged all the anti-aircraft firepower?" ”

Wu Chaowen said: "Don't worry, the division, eighteen guided and bomb armored vehicles are all in place, three in each direction of the southeast, northwest and north, four in the city, all machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and individual stingers are all reasonably arranged, and an impermeable air defense network has been formed within a radius of thirty miles, as long as the little devil plane dares to come in, we can let them come and go." ”

In fact, this is Jiang Haoran's confidence, and it is also the crucity that Okamura Ningji and Ishihara Waner are puzzled about, the number of island military aviation is huge and unmatched, Jiang Haoran used ground firepower to arrange a cemetery for them, enough for the little devil to drink a pot.

Jiang Haoran has always practiced the policy of leaning troops and strengthening the army, and he is especially willing to spend money to build a fist unit; the current special operations division is not only the first in terms of individual soldier quality, but also the first in the country in terms of equipment, and the whole division has completely realized mechanization, not only is the logistics and artillery all towed by cars, but even individual soldiers have troop carriers and armored vehicles. Each brigade has its own independent artillery battalion, tank company, and helicopter brigade, and Stinger missile and missile equipment platoons, which only the airborne division can match.

I am afraid that there is no second such force in the world that is fast and mobile, and of course, there is no one who can compete with them in combat ability.

"Changshun, there is no problem with the fuel of the tank, right?" Chu Zhongtian said to Yang Chang again.

Yang Changshun smiled wryly and said, "Don't worry about this, there is no problem for ten days and half a month." ”

"What? Ten days and half a month, what are you bragging? ”

The Battle Leopard tank is actually a copy of the Soviet T34, and the T34 is also the only tank equipped with an auxiliary fuel tank during the entire World War II, which greatly extends the driving time and can reach more than 500 kilometers of continuous driving, but even with the addition of fuel trucks, it will never reach the point of ten days and half a month, unless it is parked.

Yang Changshun showed a strange smile on his face and said, "I found the enemy's secret oil depot in Cangzhou City, so we can use it openly." ”

Cangzhou can be said to be the logistics base of the island army, and the oil depot naturally exists, and the island army is still dreaming of recapturing Cangzhou, and it must not want to destroy these strategic materials in one fell swoop, so it is reasonable to just do some cover-up.

And with these fuels, Chu Zhongtian's waist pole is even harder.