Kumamoto, Fukuoka, and Shimonoseki were bombed by the Chinese Air Force, and the whole country was shocked and the world was stunned. The Japanese press, led by the Asahi Shimbun, attacked the cabinet and the military headquarters in a group to denounce the atrocities committed by the Chinese Air Force against civilians.

Emperor Hirohito convened an emergency joint meeting of the cabinet and the base camp, and asked the cabinet, the military department, and the base camp to come up with a way to stop the bombing of Japan by the squadron, and the intelligence department of the base camp provided information proved that the Chinese air force took off from the airport near Xuzhou, and it was necessary to immediately launch the Xuzhou campaign, occupy Xuzhou, and eliminate the air base in this area, and then the military headquarters issued an order to the Chinese dispatch army headquarters to capture Xuzhou as soon as possible.

The Battle of Xuzhou, which was supposed to be postponed for a few months, could not be delayed any longer, and Nishio Shouzo decided to immediately launch the second Jinpu Road Operation.

For more than 10 consecutive days, hundreds of planes were fighting in the sky over Shandong, and the Chinese Air Force won another great victory, and all the Japanese advance airfields in Shandong were blown up.

On 10 December, the Chinese base camp decided to send Bai Chongxi as a representative of the general headquarters to be responsible for coordinating operations in the 15th Theater. Li Zongren, commander of the First Theater, and Zhuang Jihua, commander of the Fifth Theater, were specifically responsible for commanding operations in their respective theaters. On December 16, the Japanese began to move forward, and the Chinese forward defenders began to shrink back, attracting the Japanese to the preset positions.

"The Japanese really can't hold their breath," Zhuang Jihua said to the generals attending the meeting with a little mockery, this is a pre-war meeting held to unify the combat determination, originally Zhuang Jihua did not want to open it, but Xu Zuyi advised that it should be held, otherwise the generals of various departments do not understand the deployment of the theater of operations, and they do not know what ideas will be generated, and they may miss a major event, so he agreed to convene a combat meeting: "A few planes scared them like this, and their psychological quality is too poor." Since they are in a hurry to be reincarnated, then fulfill them. ”

"Boom." There was a burst of laughter at the venue, these generals were all killed from thousands of troops, laughing without scruples, Zhuang Jihua also smiled, and then said seriously: "This operation is different from the past, not only is it a matter of our five theaters, this is a coordinated operation of the first five theaters, failure in any aspect will lead to the failure of the entire battle, I can't control the first theater, then Commander Li is responsible, I am responsible for the five theaters, I still say the same thing, how many losses are made up, how many losses are made up, the expansion and reorganization of the great achievements in the war, those who escape and avoid the war, the downsizing and withdrawal, Han Fuyu's lessons from the past are not far away, and I hope you will take it as a warning. ”

Zhuang Jihua's tone was solemn, and all the generals present were solemn, and now Zhuang Jihua has the capital to speak, after the last war, the 59th Army and the 40th Army were actually expanded, and the 59th Army also obtained an integrated division, and the Third Group Army and the Second Group Army were also replenished, and the Third Group Army's combat achievements in the later operations were no less than those of the 59th Army, but they made big mistakes in the early stage, and the merits and demerits were offset by each other, and the troops could be replenished.

"Commander, please rest assured, the officers and soldiers of our department will serve the country with death and will never frown." Zhang Zizhong stood up suddenly, and the sound was like a bell, shaking the entire venue.

Zhuang Jihua didn't answer, and Sun Tongxuan immediately stood up: "Commander, the officers and men of my Third Army will never live up to the expectations of the people, I will guarantee with my head!" ”

Cao Fulin and Gu Liangmin, who both belonged to the Third Group Army, also stood up one after another to express their determination, and Zhuang Jihua stood up and pressed his hands down: "Okay, the Japanese army looks menacing here, but it is not invincible, our strategy is still to lure the enemy deeper, gradually weaken the Japanese army, and finally break it." Next, Chief of Staff Xu will introduce the enemy situation and our deployment. ”

"The enemy in front of us in the five theaters is divided into three routes, the first is the 10th Division, the 21st Division, the 14th Division, the 109th Division, the 108th Division, and the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army gathered in Jinan, a total of six divisions and 140,000 people; The second road is the enemy army in Zhucheng, with the strength of the 5th Division, 16th Division, 39th Division, and 28th Division, a total of four divisions and 100,000 people. The southern front was the combat sequence of the former Central China Front, and this time the strength of the troops has also increased, in addition to the original 3rd Division, 6th Division, 9th Division, 106th Division, 18th Division, and 13th Division, a total of six divisions and regiments, 140,000. ”

"The General Staff believes that the attack route of the Japanese army on the northern front is roughly the same as last time, and there are some changes, the Japanese army in Jinan with the main force of four divisions along Tai'an Qufu Yanzhou, and the other two divisions out of Laiwu, attack Mengyin, after success, over Mengding Mountain, attack Fei County, and go straight to Zaozhuang; The Japanese army assembled in Zhucheng attacked Juxian, and after succeeding, attacked Linyi; On the southern front, the Japanese army with the 3rd Division and the 106th Division spread out the flanks to the west, and the other four divisions set out from Bengbu, the 9th Division and the 13th Division attacked north along Jinpuru, and the 6th and 18th Divisions attacked to the west, along the south bank of the Vortex River, to attack Mengcheng, and after succeeding, they inserted themselves into Yongcheng Dangshan and copied the rear road of our army, in addition, the Japanese army's fourth route will launch an attack on the First War Zone, with a total strength of 150,000 troops of the 17th Division, 27th Division, 41st Division, 24th Division, 36th Division, and 37th Division. On this road, the Japanese generals were divided into two routes, one along the Pinghan Line to the south, attacking Zhengzhou, the other to attack Puyang, and then eastward to Heze, inserting into the flank of the defenders of our northern line. ”

With Xu Zuyi's explanation, the generals present had a strange feeling in their hearts, feeling as if they were participating in the Japanese army's combat meeting, and Xu Zuyi was announcing the Japanese army's combat plan.

"The deployment of our army is as follows, 60,000 people in Sun Tongxuan's division of the Third Group Army, and 40,000 people in Sun Lianzhong's division of the Second Group Army, deployed before Tai'an, using the terrain in the Taishan area to block the Japanese army, we invested 100,000 people in this line, with General Sun Lianzhong as the commander-in-chief."

"In the direction of Juxian, the 20th Army Corps of General Tang Enbo and the Guan Lin Expedition Department were reorganized, with a total strength of 80,000 troops, responsible for blocking the enemy forces in Zhucheng, and General Tang Enbo was responsible for commanding."

"In the direction of Mengyin, the 59th Army and the 40th Army are responsible for blocking the attack, and General Zhang Zizhong is responsible for commanding."

"The above is the first-line troops, and the second-line blocking forces are served by the 24th Group Army, the 60th Army, the New 38th Division, and the New 22nd Division; The 24th Group Army was placed in Zaozhuang, Tengxian, and Lincheng was commanded by General Yang Sen, commander of the 24th Group Army; The New 38th Division and the New 22nd Division were in Linyi and were commanded by General Sun Liren, commander of the New 38th Division. ”

"The First Army is responsible for the defense of Heze, and the Seventy-eighth Army defends Jiyang."

"The 49th Group Army served as the general reserve of the theater and was stationed near Xuzhou, including the 102nd Army."

"On the southern front, the 58th Army was transferred north to Mengcheng, the 21st Group Army and the 92nd Army Li Xianzhou still stayed in Huainan, the 11th Group Army was transferred to defend Yuhuaiyuan, and the 23rd Group Army was transferred to the north and deployed in the area of Shuangqiao and Banqiao; The Second Army was deployed in Lisin; The front of Bengbu was under the responsibility of the 46th Army, the 51st Army, and the 68th Army, and the southern front was under the command of General Li Pinxian, deputy commander of the theater. ”

After Xu Zuyi finished speaking, he put the Chinese document in his hand in front of Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua closed the document, looked up at the conference room, and then said slowly: "Wu Ziniu, put away their notebooks." ”

Wu Ziniu came over and put away their notes one by one, and after he finished collecting them, Zhuang Jihua said: "Today's meeting is top secret, you just need to remember your tasks, and you don't need to remember the rest." Okay, now if you have any questions, just ask. ”

The first to stand up was Lu Han: "Sir, why did you transfer us to Mengyin, didn't this leave my troops from the battlefield?" ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded, turned his head to look at Li Yannian: "Jifu, do you have the same question?" ”

Li Yannian nodded: "Yes, commander, our troops are also far away from the battlefield in Liji, the troops on the southern front are already insufficient, and the equipment is not as good as the northern front, why are we still transferring our troops away from the battlefield?" ”

Li Yannian originally thought that Zhuang Jihua wanted to take the opportunity to weaken the miscellaneous cards, but after thinking about it, it was wrong, as we all know, Zhuang Jihua never looked at the descendants and non-descendants in battle, and would not do such a thing.

"Just now Chief of Staff Xu said the deployment of our army, but he didn't say the purpose of this deployment," Zhuang Jihua stood up, turned around and walked to the map: "The purpose of the operation in the theater is to lure the enemy into depth, annihilate one of them, and disrupt the combat deployment of the Japanese army. On the southern front, our goal was to attack the 6th and 18th Divisions in Mengcheng, the 11th Army and the 46th Army were all tasked with luring the enemy northward, and the 21st Army was tasked with holding back the 106th and 3rd Divisions, and when the 9th and 13th Divisions reached Suxian, it was our opportunity to counterattack. Deputy Commander Li, the 6th Division and the 18th Division are both elite of the Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, so we should pay attention to the use of troops. ”

Li Pinxian thought about it and asked, "Commander, can you be sure that the Japanese army will fight like this?" Is this how the Japanese army deployed? I'm a little skeptical. ”

After Li Zongren left, although Li Pinxian was still the deputy commander of the theater, he was only in charge of the southern front, and the northern front was almost invisible, and he did not know much about ......the overall situation.

"I don't dare to say on the northern front, the southern front is indeed paid by the military commander for three lives, and the intelligence will never be wrong." Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "Deputy Commander Li, you have to worry more about how to fight. ”

In Zhuang Jihua's deployment, the northern front is a stable deployment, but the southern front has a certain risk, so he said so, and if the people present don't know that the one leaked out, no one will suspect that Ligao support, and Daze doesn't know the specific combat deployment.

Zhuang Jihua moved out of Bai Chongxi, and Li Pinxian naturally didn't want to say anything more. Sun Lianzhong then asked if the Tai'an defense line was dead?

"No, to a certain extent, I will inform you of the retreat and the direction of the retreat."

The purpose of the operation on the northern front is still not very clear, and all the generals have some doubts in their hearts, especially Du Yuming and others who know Zhuang Jihua, but since Zhuang Jihua didn't say it, they had no choice but not to ask.

But the northern line is the focus of Zhuang Jihua's plan, and the elite soldiers and strong generals are all on the second line, and now it depends on who comes out, and whoever comes out, he will fight whom.

The chariots are rolling, the army is rolling, the land of Yulu, the army is gathered, and the war is about to break out.

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