Ishihara took off the military hat on his head, picked up the teacup on the table and poured a few mouthfuls of water, and let out a long hiss pleasantly, before he said: "Fortunately, the air force seems to have received a death order, and did not hesitate to brave the dense anti-aircraft artillery of the locust army to dive and bomb at low altitudes, several heavy aerial bombs almost fell on the bridge, but they did not succeed in the end, my heroic locust warriors also shot down their two bombers, just now I arranged a few more fire points, Unless the aviation has the ability to accurately throw bombs on the bridge from a height of two thousand meters, they don't want to blow up the bridge, but this level is not to mention the aviation of the locust army, I'm afraid the locust army aviation can't do it, hahaha......"

The next day, Wuhan camped, the former enemy headquarters of the Nationalist Government.

There was jubilation in the headquarters, and senior officials of the party and state gathered together to celebrate the unprecedented victory.

Beginning yesterday afternoon, the three armies advanced in parallel, and the enemy's defense line collapsed in an instant, and the two island army divisions and a large number of puppet troops on the defense line were almost completely annihilated.

In the evening, the first route army of the Black Tiger has successfully cut off the retreat in the direction of the island army Shangqiu, forming an encirclement posture in Xuzhou, and the remaining two armies only take Xuzhou, and the defenders of about a division of the enemy carried out a brutal street battle, and it took less than one night to almost completely annihilate the enemy in the city, and the national army fully recovered Xuzhou.

The enemy fled in three directions, and the Chinese army immediately divided into three routes and pursued them on all fronts.

The western route was carried out with Yang Sen's 27th Army as the vanguard, and the three divisions of the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army as the second echelon of troops, with the aim of clearing the remaining remnants of the First Army of the Island Army and part of the rout of the Tenth Army.

Because the area around Henan in Anhui Province was not suitable for mechanized troops to march because of the bursting of the embankment at Huayuankou, the women's division and the tank division of the Black Tiger, which had a higher degree of mechanization, were left behind, and their task was to garrison Xuzhou and clear the remnants of the nearby island army.

The North Route Army, with Yang Changshun's Third Tank Division as the vanguard, went north along the Jinpu Line to pursue the main force of the Tenth Army of the Island Army, and the new Second Division of Yin Tonglai and Chu Zhongtian's Special Operations Division advanced in coordination, and Xu Biao's new First Division was the support force of the second echelon.

Because it is the main direction of attack, Jiang Haoran arranged all the rapid mobile troops, they will be wrapped in the remnants of the Tenth Army of the Island Army defeated and will advance, directly to Jinan on the edge of the Yellow River, defeating the Tenth Army of the Island Army is not their whole purpose, they must also follow the defeated Island Army all the way into Jinan City, and take advantage of the situation to occupy Jinan to seize the Luokou Yellow River Railway Bridge, which is also the fundamental reason why Jiang Haoran feinted to bomb the railway bridge, but to ensure the safety of the railway bridge.

The Luokou Yellow River Railway Bridge is the only way for the national army to enter North China, once the bridge is destroyed by the retreating island army, if you want to build another bridge on the Yellow River for armored troops to cross the river, even if there are professional boat and bridge troops, I am afraid that you will not want to build it in half a year, so Jiang Haoran has not killed the enemy, he is waiting for this time, as long as the main force of the island army is still on the south bank of the Yellow River, it is impossible for them to blow up the bridge in advance, and with the rout all the way into the city, it is the best time.

Of course, it is definitely impossible to force a breakthrough with frontal troops alone, Jiang Haoran still has a backhand, this is a later story, not for the time being.

The east road is based on Xu Junyao's second tank division as the outpost, the coordinated force is Su Peng's new third division, and Li Pinxian's 11th Group Army is the second echelon of troops, they will pursue all the way east along the Longhai Railway, Jiang Haoran gave the order to annihilate the main force of the 12th Army of the island army before the island army reaches Lianyungang, and they must not be allowed to escape by boarding naval ships in Lianyungang.

The purpose of the 12th Army of the Island Army to break through in the direction of Lianyungang was obvious, that is, to jump out of the battlefield from the sea with the help of the navy.

In the noisy headquarters, everyone was smiling and rejoicing, only Jiang Haoran sat alone in a corner, looking at the telegrams on the table in a daze, these messages were all war reports sent back from the front.

"What do you want to be tired Ziqian, now the battle situation is very clear, our army has the chance to win, what else is there to worry about, come, have a drink."

A voice suddenly sounded beside Jiang Haoran, and then a wine glass containing half a glass of red wine appeared in front of Jiang Haoran.

Jiang Haoran was startled, looked back, and found that it was Li Zongjian, followed by Bai Chongxi, Bai Chongxi also stepped forward with a wine glass, raised the wine glass in his hand towards Jiang Haoran, and said: "Yes, Ziqian, this battle was fought beautifully, I toast you, and it can be regarded as a thank you for making up for my mistakes." ”

Putting aside political opinions, Jiang Haoran and the two people in front of him actually have no contradictions, on the contrary, the two of them gave him a lot of help before the chairman went into the wilderness, although it was purposeful, but Jiang Haoran has not forgotten this feeling, so the two of them can put down the shelf at this time to toast their own wine, of course Jiang Haoran has to give them face, immediately got up and took the wine glass from Li Zongjian's hand, and drank it all after clinking glasses, so that Li Zongjian and Bai Chongxi, who just took a small sip, were slightly embarrassed, and after the two glanced at each other, also learned that Jiang Haoran poured it all into his mouth, but after drinking it, the three of them tacitly laughed.

After laughing, Li Zongjian said: "Ziqian, you have made great achievements in this battle, and the soldiers under your command have also performed very well, I have discussed the military salary owed to Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi), and I will definitely find a way to make it up for you, but you also know that this time you have offended all the four major consortia, and it may be difficult for them to take out the money quickly, but you can rest assured, we will definitely mediate with you." ”

Jiang Haoran was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Li Zongjian to say these words at this time, but he quickly understood that their strategic approach to them was still to win over.

But whether they are sincere or purposeful, Jiang Haoran doesn't want to continue this topic with them, he is hoping that the four major consortia will not pay him military salaries, so that he can open a bank, issue banknotes, and run his own industry in the name of justice, so that no one has anything to say, and when the time comes, he can bite back, this is all forced by you, and he can also gain the support and sympathy of the general public.

Therefore, Jiang Haoran waved his hand decisively and said: "President, now is not the time to talk about this, the battle situation is not as simple as we imagined and seen, and the enemy has a conspiracy. ”

"The enemy has a conspiracy? What's the conspiracy? The two exclaimed in unison.

Jiang Haoran pointed to the telegram on the desktop and said: "I have carefully read the war situation report, the number of captures by various units is too huge, there are countless tanks, cars, artillery and other weapons, and even many are intact, it can be seen that the island army has not taken care of anything in order to withdraw from the battlefield, which is very abnormal." ”

Bai Chongxi said in surprise: "What's wrong with this?" Our pursuing forces are all mechanized, and if they could not escape with these heavy weapons, they had no choice but to do so. ”