Song Meilin took it and looked at it carefully. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"When a contagious disease begins to spread, in order to protect the health of the population and prevent the epidemic, the society allows and quarantines the patients together. War, like an infectious disease, spreads, and it can sweep away countries and peoples far from their original battlefields. We are determined to stay out of war, but we cannot guarantee that we will not be affected by the scourge of war and avoid the crisis of being drawn into it......"

Song Meilin thought for a while, guessed and said: "I don't remember the original words clearly, but this seems to be what President Roosevelt said, it seems to be called 'isolation speech'." Because of this, he has also been fiercely attacked at home. ”

Chairman Jiang nodded slightly, in fact, he didn't know, but he felt that Madame's words were very credible, and said with a smile: "Madame's memory is really admirable. ”

Song Meilin continued to look down, and couldn't help but shake her head and said: "This passage is not available from public channels, except for experts on American issues, there are some special sources. ”

After the "isolation speech" was violently attacked, Roosevelt once said with fear: "You want to take the lead, but when you look back, there is no one behind you, how terrible is this situation!" ”

Chairman Jiang looked sideways and agreed with Song Meilin's opinion that this kind of private complaint would indeed not be made public. And this also confirmed his conjecture more and more, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, and Chairman Jiang showed an unclear smile.

There was a soft knock on the door, and Chen Bui, the director of the chamberlain, walked in and handed over a telegram.

The telegram was sent by Hu Shih, ambassador to the United States, confirming that the "isolation speech" was delivered by Roosevelt in October 1937 when he was in Chicago to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new bridge.

"Daling, you see I'm not wrong!" Song Meilin looked at the telegram, smiled proudly, and said: "However, this is really an expert on American issues, and he can even remember the speech two years ago clearly." ”

"Well, you can be considered an expert." Chairman Chiang had no doubts, and began to seriously think about the counteroffensive tactics proposed by Yang Tianfeng, and after a pause, he instructed Chen Bui, "Fear the base, notify General He, Minister Chen, and the researchers of the National Defense Research Institute, and the personnel designated by Minister Chen to immediately come here to attend the military meeting." ”

Chen Bui took the order and left, Song Meilin sat for a while and left, only Chairman Jiang fell into deep thought in the room.

March next year will be the time for Wang Pseudo to take the stage to sing monkey play, and Yang Tianfeng judged that the attitude of Britain and the United States would be clear at that time.

With more than four months to go, Chairman Chiang gently tapped his fingers on the armrests of the sofa, feeling that it would be possible to prolong the time of the great counteroffensive, at least until next spring, and that the number of troops mobilized in each campaign of the great counteroffensive would be smaller, and it would be very conducive to international view.

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The great counteroffensive can continue to be extended, which is naturally what Yang Tianfeng wants, and time is precious to him. Every day of development will lead to the growth of the troops, and the more sophisticated the weaponry will be.

Regarding the Japanese puppet army opened in Bengbu, Yang Tianfeng came to the judgment that it was a containment nature, but he did not want to just block, but wanted to strive for annihilation. Because in addition to the more than 1,500 devils, the two divisions of the puppet army are fat meat to the mouth, and it would be a pity not to eat it.

The puppet army is a shame for the Chinese, and Yang Tianfeng's hatred is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the puppet army's low combat effectiveness. The fighting ability and quality of the puppet army are generally determined by the style and foundation of its predecessor.

For example, the Shanxi puppet army inherited the style of the Jin army, which was good at garrisoning strongholds and fortifications, with relatively large reserves, and no tradition of white-knuckle warfare; The Hebei puppet army is mostly composed of the old foundation of the People's Army and the Northwest Army, and the early Northwest Army adapted the dare to fight white-bladed and grenades; The pseudo-"Mongolian army" is a chaotic battle, swarming on the ground, as long as the resistance is resolute, the Mongolian army will only suffer; Shandong's folk customs are strong, determined by the style of local troops, and its combat effectiveness is generally located in the middle and upper reaches; The puppet armies in Central and South China are ranked at the bottom of the list in terms of combat effectiveness, but their equipment is generally much better than that in North China.

The combat effectiveness is low, but the equipment is good, who will not fight such an enemy?

After Yang Tianfeng sent the telegram, he took the guards and hurried to Mengcheng. And just when he arrived in Mengcheng, the battle of Longkang on the front line had already begun, and the 1st and 2nd regiments of the 8th Cavalry Division had already reinforced Longkang.

Long Kang's fortifications were very strong, and although Yang Tianfeng did not go to see it in person, he had read the drawings submitted and put forward a lot of suggestions. In particular, during the rest and recuperation in the previous period, Yang Tianfeng sent a large number of artillery and technical personnel to conduct detailed surveys and maps in and around the base area, and redrew a detailed and accurate map.

This work may not be important to others, but Yang Tianfeng attaches great importance to it and personally supervises its completion. Because he knew that with the continuous increase of the 82 mortar and the 120 heavy press, as well as the successful development of rocket artillery, the bombardment distance of the artillery fire had exceeded the visual range, and it was impossible to carry out accurate inter-aim bombardment without an accurate map.

In the past combat experience, Yang Tianfeng and his staff officers had found that the map was quite inaccurate, and it was not even as good as the map captured from the devils. Fortunately, on several occasions when the artillery was fired, it was all improvised, and the artillery surveyed and surveyed in advance to lure the enemy into the combat area.

Now it's different, as long as the enemy is clearly reconnoitred, the artillery can make calculations according to the map and carry out over-the-horizon inter-sight bombardment.

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The sky was a little overcast, and the first snow of winter had covered the ground, only half an inch deep. Some of the ground was exposed by the cold wind, while others were filled with thick snow.

In this yellow-and-white mottled land as far as the eye can see, a battle is raging outside Longkang Town.

Boom, boom, boom...... A continuous stream of shells fell on the defenders' positions, and the explosion of dirt and snow flakes flew in the air, filling the air with gunpowder smoke and burning people's throats.

Before the shelling stopped, several tanks rumbled into the field of vision of the defenders, spitting out artillery fire and bullets, and rattling up. As the metal tracks rolled in, many monster-like devils were sinisterly hiding behind the shadow of the tank, crouching or jumping to follow. The puppet army that followed the attack appeared clumsy, and their movements were rusty and non-standardized.

The defenders of the front-line positions did not immediately return fire, and there were hardly any figures on the positions except for the exploding shells and the smoke and dust that were raised.

In the eyes of the devil, the opponent seems to be leaning on the anti-tank trench in front of the position, but this trench is not insurmountable.

Obviously, the Japanese army in Bengbu lacked combat experience with the New Seventh Army, let alone the treachery and cunning of Yang Tianfeng and other commanders of the New Seventh Army. Moreover, their task is to feint, which undoubtedly makes them negligent and lazy. (To be continued.) )