The corners of Jiang Haoran's mouth hooked slightly, nodded and said: "Yes, the hero sees the same thing, I really didn't take this person in my eyes before, and I guess he is also a strategist on paper, but now it seems that I underestimate him, I have fought with Okamura Ningji many times, and I am familiar with his tactics, so that Okamura Ningji can admit defeat so quickly and retreat to second?" This is by no means his style, so this person can only be Ishihara Waner. Heaven's Voice'.『 ⒉”

"And what are you going to do now?" Li Zongjian said.

Jiang Haoran sneered: "Hmph, he wants to retreat and seek second, Lao Tzu doesn't let him retreat with his whole body, he doesn't want Xuzhou, and Lao Tzu doesn't want it, he wants to eat his twelve armies!" ”

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As soon as Jiang Haoran's voice fell, there were sudden exclamations in the room, the battle was fought here, and finally saw the dawn, at this time Xuzhou was empty, the special operations division was in a hurry, and it could enter Bengbu this morning, and one step further, Xuzhou was already at your fingertips, whether it was strategic significance or international reputation, it was far more extraordinary than destroying an army of the island army, and there was really no need to lose a watermelon and pick up a sesame seed.

Although the opposition occupies the mainstream, it also strongly supports Jiang Haoran, that is, Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the Third Theater, who believes that Xuzhou is already the meat in the mouth and can be eaten at any time, but he let go of the 12th Army of the Island Army, which is the endless trouble after letting the tiger return to the mountain.

Although Xue Yue strongly supported it, the opposition was dominated by Li Zongjian and Bai Chongxi, and their reasons were also very sufficient, even if the 12th Army of the Island Army could be eliminated, there would be no change in the battle situation in the area of Jiangsu, Shanghai and Hangzhou, the Island Army had millions of people, and more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops were not a large number for them, and if they were eliminated, the Island Army could completely transfer troops to supplement Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou, and the brutal street fighting situation would still be inevitable at that time.

At present, the best opportunity to seize Xuzhou has been abandoned, once the enemy's 10th Army returns in time to help, and builds another defensive line in Bozhou, Suzhou, and Lingbi, and has to attack with great fanfare, and the time and strength will be dozens of times more than worth the loss.

Moreover, at this time, the eyes of the whole world were staring at the results of the Battle of Xuzhou, and the capture of Xuzhou one day earlier had extraordinary significance for boosting the morale of the Allied forces, and at the same time, the Chongqing government also handed over the poor of rice, Britain, and the Soviet Union.

Undoubtedly, the words of Li and Bai are not unreasonable, especially from a political perspective, it is simply impossible to find fault.

But Jiang Haoran is a general, and his eyes will not be mixed with more politics, "Encourage the allies, make the allies poor?" "These things are his business, all he wants is how to pay the Chinese people. To let these butchers escape unharmed from under his nose is to be sorry for the common people.

Of course, this is just Jiang Haoran's inner thoughts, and it cannot be a reason to convince everyone.

In Jiang Haoran's view, the current tactical thinking of the island army is nothing more than to win more time at the cost of a small number of casualties, and the immediate abandonment of Bengbu is to preserve strength, hoping that a large-scale counteroffensive will be carried out after the German and Japanese divisions, if their main forces all jump out of the battlefield, although the victory in Xuzhou has been achieved, but the strategic purpose of the island army has also been achieved, once the German-Japanese Soviet division becomes a reality, these new forces will become a nightmare for the squadron, so the recovery of Xuzhou should not be the purpose of this campaign, The ultimate goal must be to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers and destroy their living force.

Although Jiang Haoran is the commander-in-chief of this battle, Li Zongjian still has absolute veto power, and if he doesn't nod, Jiang Haoran can't give this order.

At about 8 o'clock, news came from the air force that the main force of the 12 th Army of the Island Army had already passed through Feidong, and that the two divisions in Huainan had only been inserted far away after crossing Gaotang Lake.

Zhou Benye's airborne regiment also successfully landed on the periphery of Wuhe, and did not encounter the enemy's blocking troops, and the troops were rushing to Bengbu.

Jiang Haoran was in a hurry, the fighter plane was fleeting, if he couldn't take Chuzhou in a very short time and block the retreat of these island troops, everything would be empty talk.

Seeing that Li Zongjian could not be persuaded in a short period of time, Jiang Haoran could only retreat and propose two plans at the same time, except for leaving the new third division, the special operations division and several divisions of the Nanshan Independent Army to occupy Bengbu, continue to advance to Xuzhou, and the fifth theater will transfer elite troops from northern Anhui to supplement the Huainan line, and continue to encircle and suppress the 12th Army of the Island Army.

The Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Women's Division advanced along the Yangtze River, and the 27th Group Army pursued all the way along the retreat route of the 12th Army of the Island Army.

The majority of the 43rd Group Army, the entire 24th Group Army, and most of the Airborne Division immediately attacked Chuzhou and occupied Chuzhou to block the enemy's retreat.

At this time, Chuzhou's troops will not be too much, plus the one division that retreated from the Wuhe defense line, the great island army of two divisions, plus one or two divisions of the puppet army, gather most of the two group armies, and then there are airborne divisions airborne from the rear, and the front and rear flank attack the enemy by surprise, there is absolutely no problem in taking Chuzhou in one day, but the crux of the problem is that they are blocking the retreat of the enemy's nine divisions.

This means that they will face the enemy's frantic counterattack, and the pressure is self-evident, if there are a special operations division and several divisions of the Nanshan Independent Army immediately interspersed, then their pressure will be much less, but now they are transferred to the direction of Xuzhou, and the vacancy on the Huainan front line has to wait for the troops of the Fifth Theater to come from northern Anhui to fill it, which will take at least two more days, and the key to determining victory or defeat is often time.

If they block the enemy's attack, then naturally everything will be fine, and the enemy's divisions and more than 200,000 troops should be properly annihilated, and in turn, they will be annihilated.

As soon as Jiang Haoran's plan was proposed, Li Zongjian, Bai Chongxi and others immediately expressed no objections. However, Xue Yue, Liu He, Huang Jie, Zhou Zhirou and others all objected, but Jiang Haoran still insisted on going his own way.

The airborne division, which had just returned home, was immediately ordered to prepare for airborne landing again, and the location was chosen at the Langzhong Reservoir on the left flank of Xuzhou, which was located in a remote area, not far from the city of Chuzhou, and was also the rear of Chuzhou.

At this time, the 24th Group Army was on the outskirts of Chuzhou, and Jiang Haoran ordered Han Deqin's troops to attack on all fronts to attract the enemy's attention and buy time for the airborne troops.

At the same time, the units of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Women's Division on the north bank of the Yangtze River and on the front line of Chaohu Lake immediately launched a full-line attack on the enemy on the defensive line.

Yang Sen's 27th Army also moved from Hefei to Feidong, pursuing the main force of the enemy's 12th Army as it fled.

Because the enemy had begun to retreat in northern Anhui, there was almost no pressure on the troops in the Fifth Theater, and Li Zongjian planned to transfer the 21st Group Army to the Huainan line, take over the defense area of the new Third Division, and tighten the pocket of the encirclement from the right flank.

The Special Operations Division, the New 1st Division, the New 4th Division, and the New 2nd Division continued to advance towards Bengbu and continued to attack Xuzhou.