''Yes.'' Li Yang stood upright, turned around and was about to walk out.

''And so on. Li Zongren stopped Li Yang and groaned; In this way, you tell Commander-in-Chief Li Lei of the 21st Group Army and Commander Liu Shiyi of the 31st Army to send a small force to bypass the Japanese army's frontal defense line and penetrate into Chihe, Chuzhou and other places in the rear of the Japanese army to attack the Japanese army's logistics and supplies. In addition, let them pay attention to the rational use of tactics in the defense of Linhuai Pass, Fengyang, Bengbu, and other places, and make bold detours when they discover fighter planes, and they must not blindly defend them, and they must not repeat the mistakes of Shanghai and Nanjing. ‘’

Li Yang finished recording and hurriedly walked out.

Xu Zuyi looked at Li Zongren solemnly and said; "Chief Li, the troops who went to the rear of the Japanese army to carry out the task of raiding and harassing are difficult and dangerous, it can be said that they are nine deaths, and the 31st Army is your hometown, do you think you should let Li Lei and them send more people?" Liu Shiyi: Forget it. ‘’

The Gui Army is known for its bravery and good fighting, and its combat effectiveness is second only to that of the veteran Central Army, and the 31st Army is Li Zongren's hometown, and the officers and soldiers are all Guangxi and Cantonese, and most of them are Guangxi soldiers.

Li Zongren's bright eyes stared at Xu Zuyi for a while, and then said slowly; "Chief of Staff Xu, I understand what you mean, but the more this is the case, Liu Shiyi and they must go, Liu Shiyi's life is their life, Li Lei's life is also their life, as the commander of the theater, how can I favor one over the other?" Wouldn't this chill the bloody soldiers who sacrificed their lives in front of them? How else can I command the mighty Fifth War Zone? What's more, when the war is fought to this extent, the Japanese are aggressive, and the national disaster is at the head, which is related to the life and death of the Chinese nation. Let's not spend all day thinking about preserving our strength. ‘’

Although Li Zongren said these words calmly, they showed his farsightedness in the general interests of the nation and his magnificent bearing as a commander of a theater of operations, which made Xu Zuyi and Wang Hongshao unable to help but admire and break their hearts, and their eyes at Li Zongren became more respectful, and they were a little more optimistic about the prospects of the Battle of Xuzhou.

Once the Nationalist Government was defeated in Shanghai and then in Nanjing, there was a sense of pessimism about defeat throughout the country. Now that the Japanese army is in the midst of successive victories, it is advancing from north to south and wants to open up the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and join forces in the area of Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu and Taierzhuang in southern Lunan, General Li Zongren was ordered to serve as the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and all circles of the country and the international community are unanimously not optimistic, believing that the army of the Nationalist Government cannot escape the fate of defeat. Now Li Zongren's inadvertent move has added some hope of victory to Xu Zuyi and Wang Hongshao.

Wang Hongshao said with a smile; "Chief Li really has the demeanor of a general, it is really a blessing to all the soldiers of my Fifth War Zone, according to me, they are not necessarily more than lucky when they are interspersed behind enemy lines, don't you think the Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard is a good example?''

Xu Zuyi also nodded in agreement; ''Yes, maybe they can also work miracles and play an irreplaceable role. ‘’

Li Zongren smiled noncommittally and said; As long as they avoid the pursuit of the Japanese army, they can wantonly destroy highways and railways and paralyze the logistics and transportation lines of the Japanese, and get twice the result with half the effort, but the Japanese will not let them move freely in their own backyards, so let's wait and see. ‘’……

Temporary Headquarters of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army. The head of the division, Ogisu Libing, had a gloomy face, the offensive on the front line was progressing slowly, and the stubborn resistance of the Shina people was beyond his expectations, and he thought that the Imperial Japanese Army would be able to flee from the wind and collapse at the first touch, but in fact it was the opposite, his own troops were stubbornly resisted by the China, and what was worse was that the munitions depot in Mingguang Town, the headquarters was attacked and blown up by the Shina people last night, and more than half of the guards were killed and wounded, and they didn't even know who the attacker was.

The soldiers of Ogishu were angry and had a headache, munitions are the most important materials in the war, without bullets and shells, the guns of the soldiers in front are not much stronger than the burning sticks, and the burning sticks of course cannot break through the positions of the Chinese people. Although the headquarters is not limited to an arsenal in Mingguang Town, as the commander of a division, he must ensure the reserve of war materials to supply the consumption at the front in an endless stream.

''Report, Your Excellency Commander, has just received a clear telegram in which a group of Chinese troops claiming to be the vanguard of the Thunder Anti-Japanese Movement claim that they had inflicted heavy damage on our troops last night and blew up our arsenal in the town of Mingguang. Miura Renjo Daisa in the confidential room handed Ogisu a telegram.

''Nani? Baga, this thunderous anti-Japanese vanguard again, is really hateful. Ogisu Libing took the message, his face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but roar angrily.

Major General Yamayama, the chief of staff of the division next to him, waved his hand to Miura Daisa, motioned for him to leave, and said suspiciously; ''Your Excellency, Commander, this so-called Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard does not know where it is, it is certain that there is no such unit in the battle sequence of the government of the Zhina people, they just announced in Chuxian a few days ago that they had annihilated the Nagano Brigade of our Yamada Wing, and now they have appeared in Mingguang Town, and their attacks are equally extraordinary, and we must pay attention to this opponent. ‘’

Ogizhou Libing's face was gloomy, he nodded slowly, and said with anger in his temper; "Yes, they are provoking, immediately send orders to the Aoki Wing in the rear, let them find this abominable group of Shina people as soon as possible, and annihilate it at all costs, I don't want to hear this name in the future." ‘’

'''Hai, Your Excellency Commander, what to do with that derelict Asabuki Fuji?'' Shanshanyou asked.

Ogizhou Libing leaned back in the chair, his face was pale, and he said slowly; ''If he still had a shred of the courage of an Imperial soldier, he should have committed suicide by disembowelment.'' ‘’

''Hay, the lowly knows what to do, and the lowly will do it.'' ''Shan Shan Yu bowed and said.

''Shanshan-kun, in two days it will be the traditional New Year's Chinese New Year's Eve of the Chinese people, and we must strengthen our offensive and strive to break through Linhuai Pass, Fengyang, Bengbu and other places before that, and we will celebrate the New Year for them. ''Ogisu Libing has a rare sense of humor.

''Hay, I think my heroic Imperial Japanese Army will not disappoint Your Excellency, and the Imperial Japanese Army will win.'' ''Shan Shan said respectfully.

In addition, immediately call the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army, and ask them to transport ammunition as soon as possible to replenish the material gap on the front line. ''Hagisu Libing waved his hand and slowly closed his eyes.

The mountains and mountains retreated quietly, the division commander could rest, he still had a lot of things to do.