Judging from the intelligence obtained by the forward and reconnaissance planes, the strength of the island army is mainly concentrated in the center, Baoding on the right flank, one tank division and one infantry division advance in parallel, Haixing on the left flank, one tank division and one infantry division advance in parallel, and in the direction of Hejian and Cangzhou in the middle road, the island army has gathered three tank divisions, more than four infantry divisions, and a modified division to quickly break through and advance.

At present, it has broken through more than 150 miles of sharp knives, less than 60 miles away from Texas, and the left and right wings are less than 20 miles apart.

Judging from the enemy's offensive posture, they are by no means simply killing and injuring and breaking the encirclement, but rushing to conquer the city, the most serious thing in front of them is Dezhou, and the capture of Dezhou should also be their tactical goal, once Dezhou falls, Hengshui and Shijiazhuang will be isolated, Jinan will also be threatened, and the enemy will continue to advance to threaten Shanxi. From the departure of the island troops from Datong, it is not difficult to see that their ultimate goal was to flank Shanxi and occupy all areas north of the Yellow River.

It is estimated that the enemy will dispatch more than 600 tanks and armored vehicles this time, most of which are Soviet-based, a small number of Sherman and Churchill, and some Type 4 and 5 tanks of the Island Army.

In the air combat part, the island military initially estimated that more than 1,500 sorties of various types of fighters and bombers were dispatched, including the German BF_109 and FW-190, and the Japanese Zero and Gale fighters, and the number of new jet fighters exceeded 300.

After listening to Bai Chongxi's report, Jiang Haoran also unconsciously gasped, no wonder the island army is so arrogant, the feeling is that they have received strong reinforcements from the German army, and even their main fighters and new weapons have been given to the island army, it seems that Okamura Ningji is determined to play a big vote this time.

"Is there a big loss in the air part?" Jiang Haoran said.

Bai Chongxi replied: "Great, from more than seven o'clock to now, it is estimated that we will lose more than 100 fighters and bombers of various types, and it is impossible for us to confront them head-on, so we can only adopt guerrilla tactics, which are too unequal to them in terms of quantity. ”

Jiang Haoran said: "Transfer, transfer all the fighters in Wuhan and Nanchang." ”

Bai Chongxi hesitated for a few seconds and said, "But...... We didn't have any more airports for jet fighters to land at other than Jinan Airport and Bengbu Airport, so ......"

"Transfer the Mustang fighters, all the field airfields in the vicinity are all open, one is counted as one, and also, before tonight, I want the number of transport planes at the airport near Jinan to reach 400."

Jet fighters belong to the rich model, the combat radius is small, and the requirements for the airport are also high, but other propeller aircraft can take off and land as long as there is a flat grass, and in wartime, this kind of temporary field airfield is available in almost every city.

Bai Chongxi thought that Jiang Haoran wanted to win by numbers, and without too much verbosity, he hurriedly ordered the staff officer to send a telegram to Zhou Zhirou, the commander of the Air Force, ordering him to immediately mobilize planes according to Jiang Haoran's instructions.

Immediately, Bai Chongxi said again: "General seat, now our top priority should be how to block the enemy's attack, at the moment the enemy is less than sixty miles away from Texas, this is not a distance for tanks at all, should we strengthen the defense in this regard?" ”

Jiang Haoran pointed to the sand table and said, "Haven't you already done a good job of defense?" These two anti-tank trenches, intensive artillery fire, and Xu Junyao's tank division are all at the forefront, what protection do you need? ”

"This ...... But the enemy ......"

Jiang Haoran waved his hand and interrupted: "Brother Jiansheng, don't worry too much, you take a closer look at the attack speed bar of the island army, in the past three hours, they have slowed down more and more, what does this mean?" This shows that their logistics have not yet reached full coordination, that is to say, the current speed has reached the limit of their propulsion, if my estimate is right......" Jiang Haoran said and raised his wrist to look at the time, and continued: "Hmm...... It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, and within an hour, they'll be stopping. ”

"Ah......h

"What?"

There was an exclamation in the command headquarters, the island army is in full swing, will they stop attacking? This undoubtedly subverted everyone's senses.

Jiang Haoran smiled knowingly, and didn't explain, pointing at Heihu, Yang Changshun, and Hu Xiqun and said: "The three of you immediately go back and reassemble and wait for my order, that Yang Changshun, add auxiliary fuel tanks to the tank." ”

"Yes, Chief!" The three of them straightened their chests and quickly strode out of the headquarters.

"What, are we going to take the initiative? Moreover, why do you add an auxiliary fuel tank to a long-distance run? Lin Long's curiosity rose again, and questions came out like a barrage.

But Jiang Haoran didn't pay attention to her at all, and continued to point at Su Peng and Chu Zhongtian: "You, all the troops of the Nanshan Army are all on standby, and the special operations division has prepared enough dry food for three days. ”

"It's the main seat!" A group of generals suddenly agreed, and then turned around and walked out of the headquarters, Leng Rushuang naturally followed them out, the women's division has now been incorporated into the Nanshan Army, Jiang Haoran looked at her back and seemed to want to say something, but after all, he didn't say anything.

As soon as they went out, Liu Xianwei immediately became anxious, and immediately stood up and said urgently: "General seat, what about me, what about our airborne division?" ”

Jiang Haoran said with a smile: "Of course I can't leave you behind, the four hundred transport planes near Jinan are prepared for you, you can now transfer troops according to the number of planes at the nearby airport, and wait for my order at any time." ”

"It's the main seat!"

Liu Xianwei also went out happily soon, and the command headquarters was suddenly much colder, and the rest of the others were a little dumbfounded when they looked at Jiang Haoran, they didn't know what Jiang Haoran had in mind, but they all knew that Jiang Haoran was going to take the initiative, and this posture scene would not be too small.

Jiang Haoran didn't stop, and continued: "Brother Jiansheng, where is Sun Lianzhong's Fifth Theater troops now?" ”

"Oh......" Bai Chongxi seemed to be startled, and then said: "They have already started to get on the train at noon, and the forward troops are estimated to be about to enter Jinan." ”

Jiang Haoran said: "Send a telegram to Sun Lianzhong and order all his troops, without stopping halfway, to go directly to the direction of Dezhou, and assemble more than ten kilometers away from Dezhou." ”

After the Battle of Xuzhou, the Jinpu Line has been opened, and it is only a few hundred kilometers from Xuzhou to Dezhou, as long as the troops can assemble and get on the train, they can completely reach the Dezhou front within ten hours.

After finishing all this, Jiang Haoran began to pay attention to the problem of logistics, and also began to urge departments at all levels to ensure the smooth flow of logistics at any time, and the amount of various materials sent to the rear quartermaster department was amazingly large.

It seems that Jiang Haoran is really ready to play a big ticket this time, as for how big it is and how to play? None of those present could have guessed.