"Let it be!" Yang Tianfeng paused for a moment and said with a smile: "I have made some similar suggestions to Commander-in-Chief Wei, he has been promoted to the chairman of Yu Province, if you want to implement it, it is not difficult to think about it." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info if he doesn't have this mind, I'll do a good job in Suzhou Prefecture, some counties haven't been recovered yet! ”

"Brother Yang went on a crusade to the east and west, and the credit is needless to say. Looking at the battlefields across the country, those who can continue to recover the land and annihilate the Japanese invaders are considered to be a very prominent team. Ma Yuming pondered for a moment and said: "This is different from the local troops, and it is probably not what Brother Yang wants to be dispatched, right?" ”

Yang Tianfeng nodded and said: "It's not that I want to be self-assured, but the foundation is in Yongcheng, and industries such as military industry, smelting, and manufacturing are inseparable from me." Listening to what Brother Ma said, there is no need to worry about whether you want a number. ”

Ma Yuming deeply agreed, Yang Tianfeng's three verticals are certainly relied on, and military production and manufacturing are the capital that enables him to straighten his waist and speak in the surrounding troops.

"The Battle of Eastern Henan - I don't know how far Brother Yang is going to fight?" Ma Yuming reminded without concern: "If you attract the attention of the Japanese army, I am afraid that the war will continue, and there will be no time to breathe and recuperate." ”

"It doesn't have to be a large-scale respite." Yang Tianfeng said more confidently: "Now our army is not all dispatched, it is more like the nature of a round battle. Soldiers can be recruited from the Joint Defense Team, they have all undergone a certain amount of military training, and they will quickly form combat effectiveness. ”

"What does Commander-in-Chief Wei mean, this is a battle in the first war zone, and winning the battle will also add glory to him." Ma Yuming asked.

"Now a lot of aid has been given, and the two divisions of the Third Army crossed the river to participate in the battle, which was also an order from the theater command. There are also ammunition supplies, and there are quite a few pull-outs. Yang Tianfeng smiled slightly and said, "But the final decision, Commander-in-Chief Wei is still very cautious." Otherwise, he would have transferred the 24th Group Army from northern Henan to the south to participate in the battle, or violently broke the Pinghan line in response to the battle of eastern Henan. Well, now it's just a battle, and it's not a battle yet. ”

Ma Yuming thought for a while and shook his head slightly, Pang Bingxun's 24th Group Army was ordered by the government to transfer the battlefield behind enemy lines in North China to compete with the Eighth Route Army for the territory of North China, and it was impossible to go south easily.

"Actually, as far as the current situation is concerned-" Yang Tianfeng walked to the table and motioned for Ma Yuming to come forward and watch, he pointed to the map and introduced: "The Third Army has three divisions, plus the 1st Cavalry Division, the 14th Cavalry Brigade and the 3rd Column, a total of more than 50,000 troops. The two major strongholds of Kaifeng and Shangqiu are also in danger of being cut off and isolated because of the restoration of Huaiyang. Because of the subordinate relationship of the Japanese army in northern Henan, even if they can fight in the south, there will not be many troops; As for Xuzhou, at most one wing can be transferred. Even if Commander Wei does not send additional troops, our army still has the strength to conduct the Battle of Eastern Henan. ”

"As for the future—" Yang Tianfeng's finger stopped south of Longhai Road, looking a little hesitant, and finally pointed his finger to western Anhui, "If the time is ripe, we should go south along the Pinghan Railway and attack this place with the Gui army of Anhui Province, it will pose a threat to the Japanese army in Wuhan." ”

"To the south instead of the north?" Ma Yuming was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt that it made sense.

The relationship between Yang Tianfeng and Liao Lei is also good, recovering Gushi, Guangshan, Luoshan, Mall and other counties in western Anhui, and then completely controlling Xinyang, Liao Lei should be more active, and Yang Tianfeng's principle of looking for comrades-in-arms is to be able to fight and resist Japan resolutely, and he can't look down on the messy team.

It's just that this idea is a bit amazing, the several major theaters around Wuhan dare not have a strategy to threaten Wuhan, and Yang Tianfeng now has a total of only 15,000 or 6,000 people, but he has such ambitions.

"Wuhan has severed the connection between several major theaters, leaving our army in a passive state of dispersion against the enemy, and the War of Resistance must be fundamentally reversed, and a decisive victory must be achieved here." When Yang Tianfeng said this, he smiled bitterly and said: "It's just an idea, Brother Ma don't spread the word, but let others laugh at Yang's wishful thinking, I don't know how thick the sky is." ”

"Brother Yang has this ambition, which can make those theater commanders who only know passive defense embarrassed!" Ma Yuming stretched out his thumb, "Those who have aspirations, things can be done, I am optimistic about Brother Yang, and he will definitely become a peerless general, the mainstay of the Anti-Japanese War." ”

Yang Tianfeng sighed and said, "Brother Ma praised it. Let's take a look at the present, Song Kebin and others under Zhang Lanfeng, anyway, it is very likely, Brother Ma will do more work, and this is a good opportunity. If I succeed in convincing one of them, my battle plan will look like this-"

"Wonderful, that's brilliant. In this way, I will immediately send people to participate in the military operation to attack Shangqiu. Brother Yang, you don't know-" The more Ma Yuming listened, the more excited he became, and he praised again and again, such a whimsical idea, such a continuous intersperse, I am afraid that only Yang Tianfeng dared to think and dare to do it.

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The result of the battle of Huaiyang was unexpected by the Japanese army, not only the loss of the important town of Huaiyang, but also the defense line of the Yellow River also lost its effectiveness, and the troops of the National X Army who took advantage of the victory to attack were even stronger in terms of strength.

The Japanese army in Shangqiu felt even more threatened, so they had to order the Taikang defenders to abandon it, and other strongholds also mobilized men and horses to assemble in Zhecheng to defend the southern gate of Shangqiu. At the same time, they appealed to Xuzhou for help and ordered Zhang Lanfeng's troops to move south to Zhecheng to reinforce the forces in the south. The Japanese army in Kaifeng also shrank its forces to deal with the Third Army, which crossed the river and participated in the battle.

Taikang was recovered, Guo's detachment entered Zhecheng in the east, He Cuizhi left a regiment to garrison, and the rest of the men and horses continued to go north, and then attacked Sui County, threatened Shangqiu in the west, and tried to cut off the connection between Kaifeng and Shangqiu; Zhou Zunshi led the whole army of the 20th Division to cross the river, lightly took Wei's family, and then attacked Tongxu, making a posture of besieging Kaifeng again, and firmly containing the Kaifeng army.

The deployment made by the Japanese army was also the best choice under the circumstances, but they did not expect Yang Tianfeng's battle plan to be so coherent, and the continuous operations of the National X Army were almost not paused.

The soldiers were very fast, but they only took the lead for half a day, and they operated overnight, and the initiative of the battle was firmly in the hands of the National X Army. Although Taikang abandoned the defense, the Taikang Japanese army failed to enter Zhecheng, but was ambushed and attacked by a brigade of Chiang's detachment and the second brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division with a total of more than 4,000 people to the west of Zhecheng, and more than 600 Japanese troops were almost completely annihilated, and only a few escaped.

When Zhang Lanfeng decided to send more than 12,000 people from the First Route Army, the Second Route Army, and the Third Route Army to fight south to reinforce his hometown of Zhecheng, Zhecheng was already surrounded by Chiang's detachment, the Second Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 1st Brigade of the 81st Division.

Just one step soon, the Japanese army's plans were all in vain. The Taikang Japanese army abandoned the county seat, but was completely annihilated, failing to strengthen the forces of Zhecheng. Zhang Lanfeng's puppet army failed to enter Zhecheng, and fell into the trap of Yang Tianfeng's siege of the city to send reinforcements.

…………… (To be continued.) )