Relying on this set of tactics, the troops of the Fifth Theater of Operations only took one day to cut through the defense line of the enemy's First Army, and two parallel trenches were dug all the way to the defense area of the 30th Army, and the two armies converged and successfully broke the siege.

But the fighting did not stop because of this, and the Nationalist army continued to advance, still two trenches parallel to each other, digging straight in the direction of the Xiqi River.

The national army no longer invests troops on the two wings, no matter how the little devils change, they just need to increase their troops in the middle and make every effort to operate the two trenches in the middle, now it will be the turn of the little devils to panic, the national army is connected into a line, the fortifications are stable and the artillery is strong, and there are fighters and bombers to provide fire support at any time, and the attack can not be defeated or defeated, but the forces of the little devils are divided into two camps in the north and south, and there is no connecting zone in the middle, and the logistics channel in the south is only a narrow strip along the Xiqi River, and as the national army continues to move forward, This narrow strip of land is under threat.

What's even worse is that from the morning, the troops stationed in Wangji also moved to the north along the Xiqi River, more like the national army planning to eat the little devil troops in the south, and wanted to completely cut off their retreat.

Jinan, the former enemy headquarters of the island army.

At this time, the headquarters was already busy, the radio phone rang non-stop, the staff generals hurriedly shuttled through it, Okamura Ningji and Ishihara Waner looked stern, and led a group of staff generals around the giant sand table in the war room, adjusting the war games in time according to the battle report in front.

Ishihara said: "Okamura-kun, Sun Lianzhong's hand is very vicious, and he really deserves to be a veteran of the battlefield, this wolf rushed to the formation of the locust army, but he took advantage of the situation to gather all the troops, forming a strong stinger in the middle of the road, and the situation in northern Anhui is already very unfavorable for the locust army." ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Kinoshita Yong took over the topic and said: "Sun Lianzhong is indeed not to be underestimated, in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Locust Army has occupied two-thirds of Taierzhuang, and the defenders have been killed or wounded seven or eight out of ten, seeing that the two master regiments of the Locust Army Isogu and Banyuan are about to fully occupy Taierzhuang, but Sun Lianzhong's troops are guarding a corner of Nanguan, and they are desperate to retreat, blocking the Locust Army on the north bank of the canal for four days. ”

Ishihara Wan'er nodded and said: "I heard that in the Battle of Taierzhuang, Sun Lianzhong had a famous speech, when a division commander below him called to ask if he could retreat to the south bank of the canal, Sun Lianzhong replied: No retreat, the soldiers are finished, you fill in it yourself." If you fill it in, I'll fill it in, and whoever dares to cross the river will be killed! It can be seen that this person's will to fight is very strong, and at present, these two parallel trenches are afraid that they will be dug directly to the Xiqi River, so that the southern army of the locust army may fall into a dilemma. ”

As soon as the two of them asked and answered, they both felt that this problem was very serious, and they couldn't help but look at Okamura Ningji, Okamura Ningji seemed to have come back to his senses, and after being stunned for a few seconds, he said: "This is not Sun Lianzhong's plan at all, although Sun Lianzhong was born in the Northwest Army, but he also took the path of the Central Army in terms of tactics, and admired the positional warfare of the Eight Classics, especially when their support firepower was far superior to the locust army, he would not think about this kind of groundhog tactics, on the battlefield, Only the lack of guns and ammunition will be regarded as a magic weapon, of course, there is an even more hateful person who simply takes this tactic to the extreme, the Chinese battlefield, the Songshan battlefield, and the Burma battlefield, all have its figure, so this is Jiang Haoran's tactic at all. ”

Okamura Ningji's words made the two of them have a kind of effect of clearing the clouds and mist, and they nodded silently in agreement, and Ishihara Waner even shouted: "In this way, Okamura-kun, your judgment is right, Jiang Haoran's main attack direction is probably still the Mengcheng and Bozhou defense lines, and the troops of the Fifth Theater have successfully advanced to the west bank of the Xiqi River, which has laid a solid logistical foundation for crossing the Xiqi River, and at the same time, it has also blocked most of the First Army of the Locust Army and the two divisions that rushed to reinforce in the direction of Zhengzhou, and then took the special operations division as the vanguard to directly smash the Mengcheng and Bozhou defense lines. ”

Okamura Ningji sighed and said: "Otherwise, Jiang Haoran would not have temporarily formed a division of the three remnants of his Nanshan Independent Army to sweep the west bank of the Xiqi River, the purpose of which is probably to remove obstacles for the special operations division and prepare for the river crossing operation." ”

Ishihara said: "Okamura-kun, the deployment of the locust army in northern Anhui has formed a huge 'concave' shape, I suggest that the southern front troops be withdrawn immediately, immediately cross the river to consolidate the Mengcheng defense line, and the remaining troops form a '7' shape to flank and block the troops of the Fifth Theater." ”

"That's the only way to do it for now, Kinoshita-kun, give orders to the First Army according to this line of thought." Okamura Ninji said helplessly.

"Hay!" Kinoshita Yong answered, and then walked away quickly.

Okamura Ningji said again: "Ishihara-kun, how is Wuwei doing now?" ”

Speaking of "inaction", Ishihara Waner's face turned red, this battle was personally commanded by him, a great battle of annihilation, who knew that it was all smashed in the hands of Yanagawa this idiot, fortunately, Okamura Ningji did not blame too much, but this made Ishihara Waner feel more uneasy, and replied curtly: "The 201st Division and the 202nd Division have successfully retreated to Hanshan, and are intensively building a defensive line, and the Second Guards Division in the direction of Chuzhou has set off early this morning, and it is expected to arrive at Hanshan tomorrow morning, In the afternoon, an attack will be launched on Chaoxian, and Chaoxian will definitely return to the hands of the locust army soon. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded, as if he was very satisfied with this answer, hesitated for a few seconds and then asked: "The third division in southern Anhui is tired, where are they retreating now?" ”

The 3rd Division of the Island Army was originally subordinate to the 11th Army, but after the Second Battle of Wuhan, the 11th Army was almost completely annihilated, and only the 3rd Division jumped out of the battlefield with all its mustaches and tails, and has been stationed in Chizhou and Tongling on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Because the Wuwei defense line on the other side of the Yangtze River collapsed, the flanks of Chizhou and Tongling were already unsafe, and the island army could only retreat temporarily.

Ishihara said: "The Third Division is on the way to retreat, although the newly formed 44th Group Army is chasing and fighting fiercely, but the commander of the Third Division said that they will enter Nanling and Fanchang as scheduled this afternoon, and use Xuancheng as horns to defend Wuhu behind them. ”

Since the loss of Huangshan, the national army has been harassing step by step, and has already recovered a large area of lost land in southern Anhui, and now Tongling, Xuancheng, and Guangde have become the most important gateways of the island army in Nanjing, and the 44th Group Army's crazy attack in the past few days has already made the little devil feel pressure, coupled with the loss of the Wuwei defense line, the island army can only further shrink its forces to ensure the stability of this defense line.