Guo Jiqiao smiled faintly and comforted: "Commander-in-chief, don't worry too much, your military talent is obvious to all, how can Tang and Jiang Zhizhi compare with you." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIt's not too early, you rest early, and retire from your duties. ”

"Go ahead!" Wei Lihuang waved his hand very tiredly, when he thought of these bad things, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he had no interest.

Wei Lihuang was the only one left in the room, and he paced slowly, his thoughts couldn't calm down for a long time.

As soon as the door rang, Guo Jiqiao hurried over with a telegram, and before anyone entered the house, he was already excitedly raising the telegram and said loudly: "Commander, great victory, great victory in eastern Henan, recovery of Shangqiu......"

Wei Lihuang blinked, woke up from his shock, snatched the telegram, glanced through it at a glance, showed a smile on his face, looked at it carefully, and laughed.

"Yes, yes!" Wei Lihuang was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and walked quickly on the ground, shaking the telegram in his hand, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it." Huaiyang has just recovered, and the important town of Shangqiu has been conquered, and the situation in eastern Henan has been turned upside down, and the world has been turned upside down! ”

Guo Jiqiao nodded again and again, and waited for Wei Lihuang to calm down a little before he spoke: "Commander-in-chief, this is a telegram from Yang Tianfeng from Sun Tongxuan, hoping to transfer troops and increase ammunition to meet the counterattack of the Japanese army." It seems that they want to fight until after the autumn harvest. ”

Wei Lihuang also calmed down after being reminded by this, walked quickly to the map on the wall, thought for a moment, and asked: "Chief of Staff, how do you think you should act in order to effectively respond to the battle in eastern Henan?" ”

Guo Jiqiao had already walked behind Wei Lihuang, looking at the map, his mind was spinning rapidly, and when he saw the commander asking, he muttered for a while, making his thinking clearer, and said slowly: "The Japanese army's counterattack is most likely from Longhai Road and Pinghan Road, and Yang Tianfeng also expressed concern in the telegram. The Japanese army in Xuzhou, what he meant in the telegram, seemed to be able to resist, so only the Pinghan line remained. In my opinion, we can order the troops of northern Henan to go south to participate in the war, and then order the entire army of the Third Army to cross eastward and attack Kaifeng. In addition, the garrisons of Taihang and Zhongtiao Mountain should also be dispatched to contain the Japanese army. The Eighteenth Group Army seems to be able to participate in the war to help. ”

Wei Lihuang bowed his head lightly and said: "The Japanese army's Yellow River defense line is about to collapse, and our army's river defense troops can cross east to participate in the battle." Ordered Lingchuan Pang Bingxun's troops to break through the Pinghan line, ordered Puyang Gao Shuxun's troops to coerce Heze, ordered Sun Dianying's new Fifth Army in Linxian County, northern Henan to go south, and ordered the Third Army of Tang Weiyuan in Zhongtiao Mountain to attack Jinnan. In addition, at least two divisions of Sun Lianzhong's Second Army were transferred to Zhengzhou in a hurry to cross the river to participate in the battle. ”

Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army went through the War of Resistance in North China and Henan, and performed well in the battles of Taierzhuang and Wuhan, but suffered heavy casualties. The transfer at this time showed Wei Lihuang's determination.

Guo Jiqiao listened to Wei Lihuang's mobilization of the reserve corps, and already knew that Wei Lihuang was determined to start a big war in eastern and western Henan, and even to recover Kaifeng. Judging from the current situation of friend and foe, the initiative is indeed in our hands, and it is not an exaggeration to increase the number of troops.

"As for the Eighteenth Group Army-" Wei Lihuang pondered for a moment and said with a wry smile: "I will send them a telegram and ask them to attack the Pinghan Line and Longhai Road in order to prepare for the Battle of Eastern Henan." ”

At this time, there is no need to be suspicious of the common people, seize the favorable opportunity, if you can recover the west and east of Henan, the huge credit is enough to offset all the charges.

Guo Jiqiao knew this well, so he did not object, but he raised another question, "Commander-in-chief, the previous joint command was co-chaired by Liu Chen, chief of staff of the Third Group Army, Ma Biao, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, and Yang Tianfeng, commander of the 3rd Column. Now, with so many troops participating in the war, should there be some changes, or should the commander-in-chief explicitly authorize it, so as not to command ineffectively. ”

Wei Lihuang immediately understood, although Yang Tianfeng had the lowest military rank in the original joint command, he was a big benefactor, and he had a good relationship with Sun Tongxuan, and Liu Chen naturally favored him. As for Ma Biao, from the recent telegram, he is also full of praise for Yang Tianfeng. Led by Yang Tianfeng's opinion, it is nothing, and the successive victories in Huaiyang and Shangqiu explain the problem. But what about the newly transferred troops participating in the war, can they still listen to the command of this young and young Yang Tianfeng?

It is not impossible to directly dispatch a commander-in-chief from a theater of operations, but they may not be familiar with the current battlefield and may not be able to carry out the strategies and tactics that have already been effective to the end. Moreover, a temporary change of commander may cause contradictions and conflicts, so that the commander will lose harmony.

Guo Jiqiao saw Wei Lihuang hesitate, and probably guessed his thoughts. Wei Lihuang was very appreciative of Yang Tianfeng's backward advance, otherwise he would not have submitted a document to the Military Commission, and would have promoted Yang Tianfeng to lieutenant general and appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the guerrillas in the Henan-Anhui border region.

"Commander-in-chief, let me go!" Guo Jiqiao took the initiative to ask: "The personnel of the original joint command remain unchanged, and I will go in the name of them, and the strategy and tactics will mainly listen to them." ”

"Jiqiao, how do you say this?" Wei Lihuang agreed in his heart, but he couldn't bear to let Guo Jiqiao feel despised in his mouth, "You are the chief of the general staff of the theater, naturally you have the final decision, how can you listen to them all?" ”

"That's what the Commander-in-Chief said." Guo Jiqiao nodded yes and said with a smile: "In this way, whoever listens to whom, you can rest assured!" ”

Wei Lihuang smiled at this time, and discussed carefully with Guo Jiqiao.

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The night was dark, but the city of Shangqiu was noisy.

There were 12,300 people in the National Salvation Army, and at this time, except for the First Route Army, all of them were disarmed and became a transport brigade. In addition, a large number of joint defense teams and front teams from Luyi and Haozhou are transporting cotton, grain, and other materials to the south.

The attack on Shangqiu was successful, and the abundance of capture made Yang Tianfeng and others overjoyed. Not only the weapons and ammunition of the 17,800 Suppression x Communist Salvation Army, but also the hundreds of cars equipped by the Japanese, as well as a large amount of lint and grain in the city and in the station warehouse.

As for Zhang Lanfeng and other traitor leaders, Yang Tianfeng got half of the private wealth they wanted, and the other half was distributed to the 1st Cavalry Division, the 81st Division, and the 14th Cavalry Brigade.

It can be said that after the recovery of Huaiyang and Shangqiu, the food and salaries of the various units participating in the war for several months have basically been solved, and the captured weapons and ammunition have provided a favorable foundation for replenishment and expansion. Even the longer-term problem of winter clothing is no longer a big problem.

"At most, if we persist for more than 20 days, the autumn harvest will be guaranteed to be completed, and our supplies will be more abundant." Ma Biao led the 1st Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division to Shangqiu in the middle of the night, and regardless of the lack of people and horses, he immediately discussed with Yang Tianfeng about the next move.

Yang Tianfeng stayed awake late at night, waiting for the telegram from the war zone, and was noncommittal to Ma Biao's opinion, but smiled faintly: "Brother Ma has a good idea, but whether it can be realized, we can only do our best." After all, the Japanese devils are not dead, how they will react, and what kind of support the war zone will have, are very important. (To be continued.) )