"The battle on Jinpu Road has reached the last moment, and the head of the enemy army in Juancheng is in front of us, hold on for the last five minutes, and victory is in our hands. , qВ5, CoМ // If this battle is won, the confidence of our people will be greatly boosted, the Japanese army will be frightened, and the people of the country will oppose the policies of the present government, and it is very likely that it will make concessions to us. Chiang Kai-shek's telegram encouraged Zhuang Jihua to persevere, and on the other hand, told him of the huge political benefits after the victory.

"The Japanese army in Suxian has become a tired army after a long battle, and the main force can be put into action, and the 20th Army can be adjusted to go south, recover Suxian, eliminate Zhongdao, and hold on to the final victory." Bai Chongxi's telegram clearly pointed out that you Zhuang Jihua still have the strength to fight, although Suxian is lost, but the strength of Zhongdao is extremely consumed, and the continuous long-distance march and continuous combat have made them have little combat effectiveness, as long as they are resolute, they can regain the initiative on the battlefield.

Zhuang Jihua received two telegrams and said that it was simply bitter, we ** Su County, will the Japanese army not reinforce Su County, the eastern front has actually been broken through, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Pang Bingxun's 40th Army have lost more than half, Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps losses are not weaker than Zhang Zizhong and them, Zhang Zhen's troops have been defeated, and the retreat from the canal zone depends on the hard fighting of the other three, and the losses of these three armies are also more than half. Sun Liren was lucky enough to escape the encirclement of the Japanese army, and his losses were smaller, reaching one-third. What's more important is that neither Nishio Shouzo nor Shunroku Hata can ignore the power of the sword stabbed by Nakajima, so they can completely draw troops from the Eastern Front to the south, and the Fifth Theater has no strength to stop them.

"Commander, what do you think?" Gong Chu frowned, his face sank like water, the origin of these two telegrams was too big, and he didn't dare to express his opinion easily.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head tiredly, he even sent out the theater guard troops and the chief guard, except for the 20th Army, there was no more strength, and more importantly, he didn't want to fight at all, more than 600,000 people in the five theaters of war, dozens of armies, almost every army received heavy losses, but he was convinced that the losses of the Japanese army were also not small, but he also believed that the Japanese army replenished faster than him.

"Fuchang, if you have something to say, say it happily, don't hesitate." Zhuang Jihua pressed his temples with both hands, the severe lack of sleep made his face look pale and abnormal due to lack of blood, Gong Xiuhua shook his head slightly, brought a cup of coffee and put it in front of him, smelling the fragrance of coffee, Zhuang Jihua's spirit seemed to be lifted again, but his reaction was still so keen.

Gong Chu smiled bitterly, he touched the dirty shirt on his neck, he didn't take a bath for more than 20 days, he felt extremely uncomfortable, he didn't know what Zhuang Jihua felt, he also didn't take a bath for more than 20 days, he looked very clean, and he never seemed to worry about lice.

"Director Gong, military and politics should be clearly distinguished, what is military and what is politics."

Without waiting for Gong Chu to speak, Zhuang Jihua preemptively reminded him, Gong Chu sighed in his heart, of course he knows military and politics, but if you really want to separate, it is so easy to separate.

"I agree with the commander's opinion, it should be retreated immediately, the 20th Army cannot be used on the southern front, and the 74th Army that is chasing should not be used in the direction of Suxian, I suggest that the new 22nd Division should be used in Suxian." Gong Chu stabilized his mind and said: "In addition, the retreat route of the troops in the entire theater must be drawn up immediately, and once the Huhe River is broken through, the retreat will begin immediately. ”

Zhuang Jihua did not answer, Wang Xiaoshan suddenly came in and handed the folder in his hand to Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua opened it and looked at it, and suddenly felt shocked from the heart, he smiled bitterly, he was really afraid of something, Ligao supported the secret report, Nishio Shouzao has ordered Yamashita Fengwen to lead the Seventh Division to the south to reinforce Su County, this is a coordinated action of the north and south fronts, the Japanese army south of the Hun River will temporarily stop attacking, and after Yamashita Fengwen arrives in Su County, encircle and annihilate our army in front of the Hun River.

This telegram was too timely, and after Zhuang Jihua signed it, he handed the document to Gong Xiuhua, who put the document away without saying anything. Gong Chu watched their series of actions and didn't ask anything, and soon after he got here, he understood that Wang Xiaoshan and Gong Xiuhua were in control of Zhuang Jihua's secret documents, and no one could ask about the affairs of the two of them, and Wang Xiaoshan's documents could not be read by anyone except Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while, and said to Gong Xiuhua: "Forward it to the chairman." ”

Gong Xiuhua nodded slightly, and then picked up the folder and was about to go out, Zhuang Jihua stopped her again, Gong Xiuhua turned to look at him, Zhuang Jihua hesitated for a while before saying: "Reiterate our opinion, ask for immediate start of retreat preparations, in addition, we can fight for two to three days, beyond this time, the southern and eastern fronts may completely collapse." ”

As soon as Gong Chu said this, he understood, Zhuang Jihua had made up his mind, he was going to leave Xuzhou, and sure enough, Zhuang Jihua raised his head and said to him: "You immediately draw up a comprehensive retreat plan, and hand it over to me tonight, especially the southern front, to Jiangsu for two armies." ”

"Yes." The management office didn't ask why he had to transfer two armies to Jiangsu, but since Zhuang Jihua had ordered it, he just did it.

Then Zhuang Jihua called Hua Chun and Yang Yuchun again, Yang Yuchun was outside, and he came in immediately.

"Liu Qing, are you interested in going down to lead the troops?" Zhuang Jihua asked straight to the point.

Yang Yuchun showed a trace of excitement on his face, he always wanted to lead the troops directly, but he had the stain of GCD, and the treatment he gave was quite high, and now he still enjoyed the treatment of a lieutenant general, but no one dared to appoint him as the military commander, and he had been serving as a staff member such as a senator and a staff officer, Zhuang Jihua asked him to lead the troops directly, which really met his wishes.

"Of course I do." Yang Yuchun blurted out without thinking.

"Okay, I will appoint you as the commander of the guerrilla detachment of the Sulu Guerrilla Zone in the Fifth War Zone, with the rank of major general, you go to northern Jiangsu, but I can only give you one battalion of troops, and transfer one battalion from the regiment directly under you to you, and the rest will depend on you to develop. What do you think? Do you dare to go? ”

"Okay, when are you leaving?" Yang Yuchun nodded immediately, although there was only one battalion, Zhuang Jihua gave him an unlimited space, the guerrilla detachment, which can be large or small, and if it is large, it can be expanded to a division.

"Listen up," Zhuang Jihua stood up, walked up to him and looked at him seriously: "You have been in the GCD, you know their strengths and weaknesses, I hope you can pick their strengths and dismiss their weaknesses, and don't look at them as flood beasts." If you want to persevere, you must first have a base area, and if you have a base area, you must have a political power, establish a political power, reduce rents and interest rates, and fully mobilize the masses. ”

Yang Yuchun looked at Zhuang Jihua and nodded for a long time: "Yes, please rest assured, sir." ”

"I'm not at ease, behind enemy lines, the most important thing is to get the support of the people, only with the support of the people, you can persevere, and GCD has a lot of successful experience in this area, I hope you can learn from their experience." Zhuang Jihua said.

"Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely take advantage of his strengths and disregard his weaknesses, and I will never mislead the country's major affairs with personal matters." Yang Yuchun said loudly, Zhuang Jihua nodded with satisfaction, he was just about to let Yang Yuchun go out, but Yang Yuchun suddenly said: "Commander, Shen Honglie, the former mayor of Qingdao, is operating in the area of Lunan, and it is said that there are thousands of people under him, can you assign this force to me?" ”

Yang Yuchun has always been concerned about the operations behind enemy lines, and he is very concerned about the troops fighting behind enemy lines, and several units active behind enemy lines are in his mind.

"Okay, that's all. Remember, it is very dangerous behind enemy lines, and in addition to the Japanese, you will have to deal with GCD in the future, so be careful. Don't fight the enemy hard at any time. ”

Zhuang Jihua was still a little uneasy, and repeatedly told him that the Kuomintang lacked experience in grassroots work, and as soon as the army failed, it would be completely defeated, but on the contrary, GCD could rely on mass work and grassroots organizations to persevere, so it insisted behind enemy lines, and the army was not the first priority, but the grassroots political power was.

After Yang Yuchun left, Zhuang Jihua began to think about who to send to partner with Yang Yuchun, thinking about it, he selected Zhuo Lang, the former leader of the Hechuan Working Group of the Southwest Development Team, this person is a graduate of the fifth phase of Huangpu, and is currently in charge of mobilizing the masses in the popular mobilization department of the war zone.

After Hua Chun came in, Zhuang Jihua looked at him stunned for two minutes, and Hua Chun felt furious.

"Commander, please give me an order if there is anything, I promise to complete it." Hua Chun was uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what Zhuang Jihua meant.

"I heard you're sick." Zhuang Jihua asked coldly: "Is this so?" ”

"Who is talking nonsense," Hua Chun hurriedly called out: "There is no such thing at all." ”

"Hmph. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, be careful, remember, what you used to do, don't forget the secrecy. Zhuang Jihua is still strict, Hua Chun is drenched in cold sweat, during this time he has a hot fight with the beautiful female soldier who came to the Propaganda Department, but in fact, the relationship between the two is not what others think, just more than other people, with his understanding of women, the female soldier is very angry, ordinary people look down on it, it seems that there is still a little backstage, not a good master.

"You go to find a few pens and write a few articles, the content of which should be determined not to take the gains and losses of one city or one place, adhere to the long-term war of resistance, focus on publicizing our recent victories, and make some public opinion preparations for abandoning Xuzhou and retreating."

"Are we going to give up Xuzhou?" Hua Chun was a little surprised, his propaganda tone has been a bit high recently, and this change is a bit too fast.

"Yes, the eastern front has retreated, and the southern line has lost Suxian, and if it continues to fight, I'm afraid it will really be a round for the little devil." Zhuang Jihua said and waved his hand, asking Hua Chun to hurry up to find someone, and added: "Give it to me after the article is written." ”

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