In the last battle, the southern front was completely blocked, but this time Zhuang Jihua did the opposite, which made Xu Zuyi a little confused. Quan//Ben\Xiao//Said\Wangzhuang Jihua smiled faintly when he heard this: "It's nothing, I just want to pass a message to the Japanese, we don't have any traps, although we fight north along Jinpu Road." ”

"Word to the word? How to transmit? Could it be that Stilwell and his party had Japanese spies in their group? Xu Zuyi felt a little incredible, you must know that it was the US government military observation group.

Zhuang Jihua laughed and shook his head again and again: "Where, where, I don't know if there are Japanese spies, but I asked Deng Jinkang to transfer a regiment from the 20th Army to Suxian, Deng Jinkang will also go to Suxian, Hua Chun will tell him what to do, Stilwell and the press corps will go to this regiment for interviews." ”

Xu Zuyi made it clearer at this time, and obviously wanted to announce through reporters and Stilwell that the 23rd Group Army was stationed near Suxian, which explained why the 23rd Group Army, the main force of the southern front, did not appear on the other side of Bengbu, nor did it appear in Mengcheng.

Intelligence from various sources shows that the Japanese army attaches great importance to several group armies coming out of the southwest, and if they disappear on the battlefield, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Japanese army.

Wu Ziniu pushed the door in and reported to Zhuang Jihua that Song Yunfei was coming. Song Yunfei and Zhao Hanjie were sent behind enemy lines in the last battle, first attacking the Japanese transportation line between Jinan and Tai'an, and then dividing the troops into two routes, Song Yunfei was active near Jinan, but Zhao Hanjie was inserted between Zibo and Jinan, completely disrupting the Japanese logistics line.

After three months of rest and replenishment, the troops recovered again, seeing that the war had resumed but the special forces had no task, Song Yunfei was a little anxious and couldn't help but run to the headquarters to inquire about the news.

"Yunfei, you came just in time," Zhuang Jihua pulled Song Yunfei to the map, pointed to a large area of land in Huainan and said: "Our army has given up Dingyuan, Huaiyuan, Changfeng, and Huainan, a large piece of land, and the Japanese front has been lengthened, making a lot of room for you, do you have the confidence to try it here?" ”

Song Yunfei looked at the map, thought for a while and asked, "Let's all go to Huainan, what about the northern route?" If.... ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head lightly: "Yunfei, the special forces play a great role, but they definitely can't decide the victory or defeat of a battle, at least not at this stage, the northern front is not used for the time being, and the activity space has not yet been opened." ”

"But," Song Yunfei asked in a deep voice, "Isoya Ryosuke and Anteng Liji are attacking fiercely, can the Twentieth Army and Sun Lianzhong withstand it?" ”

Zhuang Jihua's heart moved, and then he said calmly: "Well, Yunfei, if you can see this, you can take a division." Rest assured, their offensive will slow down soon, and there is no need to worry at all. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua turned around and picked up the teacup on the table, Song Yunfei opened his mouth, but didn't ask again: "Okay, I'll lead the team to set off." ”

After speaking, he turned around to leave, but Zhuang Jihua stopped him: "Don't worry, it's not too late to leave after lunch." Rest assured, the Japanese will give you time to do so. ”

Song Yunfei was a little puzzled, he looked at Zhuang Jihua and then at Xu Zuyi, and smiled: "Commander, is there any ambush, can you tell me about it?" ”

"Yunfei, the Japanese have invested a lot of money this time, cleaned up North China, and attacked the First War Zone, but they are staring at the hundreds of thousands of troops in our Fifth War Zone, if Isoya Ryosuke and their actions are too fast, our hundreds of thousands will run away, they are not busy in vain."

"Hundreds of thousands of us?" Song Yunfei was a little unconvinced, he looked at Zhuang Jihua and Xu Zuyi: "Their appetite is so big?" And to cross Henan, to make such a long-distance detour, this..., impossible. ”

"Nothing is impossible, the Japanese always think highly of themselves, the lesson is still not enough, and they have to do it twice." Zhuang Jihua said nonchalantly.

Xu Zuyi knew that Song Yunfei and Zhuang Jihua had a good relationship, so he didn't hide it from him, so he explained to him in detail the Japanese attack plan he had learned.

"Colonel Song, the special forces have established a special honor in the last operation, and when you come back this time, these three beans of yours will be replaced by a gold star."

Song Yunfei's special operations unit played a huge role in the last operation, and after the war, Song Yunfei and Zhao Hanjie only won a medal, Xu Zuyi thought that Zhuang Jihua had forgotten, and specially reminded him, but Zhuang Jihua said that the establishment of special forces is too small to be commanded by general-level officers, and it will be said when it grows to more than 500 people, but Xu Zuyi thinks that this is Zhuang Jihua's intention of self-denial, and you must know that this force is commanded by his two absolute cronies.

But Song Yunfei didn't seem to listen to Xu Zuyi's promise, he thought silently for a while and shook his head and said, "It's unbelievable, we have obtained such information." ”

Zhuang Jihua's gaze suddenly became stern, Song Yunfei didn't look at Zhuang Jihua at all, his eyes were only on Xu Zuyi, but he still felt the stern warning from Zhuang Jihua's side, and the words changed: "But can the First War Zone stop the Japanese army?" ”

Xu Zuyi slipped out of the corner of his eyes on Zhuang Jihua's side and understood, he had long suspected that Zhuang Jihua had obtained information by arranging troops like this, and now he had finally received confirmation from Song Yunfei, he felt two points uncomfortable in his heart, but after thinking about it, the situation that he could not understand as the chief of staff of the theater must be extremely top secret. Thinking of this, I feel a little relieved in my heart.

"It should be." Xu Zuyi said unhurriedly: "Even if we can't, we are prepared." ”

"Yunfei, you go down to rest first, eat at noon before leaving, remember, your main task is to cut off the Jinpu line, in addition, a guerrilla unit of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army is also active in this area, be careful not to clash with them, you can cooperate with them when needed." Zhuang Jihua said.

"Yes, don't worry, there will be no problem." Song Yunfei saluted Zhuang Jihua and Xu Zuyi, and then turned to leave, Wu Ziniu was already waiting outside the door, the two hadn't seen each other for three or four months, Wu Ziniu gave Lu Ruishan and Gong Xiuhua an explanation and pulled Song Yunfei into his office.

After Song Yun flew out, Zhuang Jihua said to Xu Zuyi: "Brother Yan Mou, I'm sorry, some things are top secret, out of the need for secrecy, no one in this war zone knows except me and the palace secretary, this is a requirement for confidentiality, it's not that I don't believe you." ”

Xu Zuyi smiled faintly: "Commander, I understand, the battle plan of the entire theater is through my hands, how can the commander not believe me." ”

Zhuang Jihua glanced at him fixedly, nodded slightly, and then sighed: "I don't know if there are Japanese spies in Xuzhou, and I don't know if there are people like Yin Rugeng, Pan Yugui, and Huang Jun in the theater command, or if there are such people in the future, this information is too important." ”

Xu Zuyi nodded calmly, he knew very well that the intelligence officer who could get such information must of course be protected by a special level: "Cultural Revolution, I have been in the army for more than 20 years, and I still understand this rule." ”

"Okay, long live understanding!" Zhuang Jihua made a somewhat childish grimace that was completely inconsistent with his identity, which made Xu Zuyi feel strange in his heart, and he couldn't help but laugh.

The squadron abandoned the Heci defense line and quickly retreated to Mengcheng, and Gu Shoufu triumphantly commanded the 6th Division and the 18th Division to chase towards Mengcheng and walked to the city of Mengcheng, but received Haneda's order to slow down the pace of the attack. This made Tani very dissatisfied and protested to Haneda, who was worried that Tani Shouo would play the tradition of being subordinate to the army and ruining the overall strategy, so he sent the deputy chief of staff, Kazuo Kanai, to explain to him at the foot of Mengcheng Castle.

"Gu-kun, Ushijima-kun, I know the regrets left in the hearts of all of you in the last battle, but we must obey the overall situation; If you move too fast, the ** army will find out about our campaign attempt and escape. If the Imperial Army could not annihilate the main force of the ** Army in the Xuzhou area, the Chiang Kai-shek government would agree to the peace conditions of the Empire, and the war would drag on indefinitely. Your Majesty is anxious about this, and you should be sympathetic to the Sacred Heart and share your worries for Your Majesty. ”

Kazuo Kanai moved Hirohito out, Tani Shofu and Ushijima Sadao had nothing to say in their hearts, the original Central China Front troops and the North China Front Second Army that attacked in the direction of the southern front and Jinan Zhucheng sequence, and Henan attacked the North China First Army sequence. The first two armies were extremely ashamed of their defeat in the previous battle, and did not want to involve the First Army, at least not to let them take the first prize.

Both Nishio Shouzo and Haneda know their feelings, Nishio Shouzo is better there, the squadron is effective in blocking, the progress of the Japanese army on the three routes is slow, and the progress on the front of Bengbu is not fast, although the squadron retreats across the river, but continues to block on the north bank of the river.

Speaking of which, the most dangerous thing is that Gu Shoufu and Ushijima detour from the southern line to the Xuzhou side, the progress is too fast, once the attack on Mengcheng is successful, and then cross the vortex river, the squadron will develop the strangeness.

"I don't think you will underestimate the shrewdness of the ** general." Kazuo Kanai finally warned that Gu Shoufu and Ushijima smiled bitterly, of course they knew the interests of the ** general Zhuang Jihua, and they fought twice in Nanjing and Xuzhou, and they suffered big losses.

Kazuo Kanai's timely dissuasion, Tani Toshio and Ushijima decided to slow down their attack on Mongcheng, first sweeping the southern part of Mongcheng, and then transferring part of their forces to Lixin in the southwest of Mongcheng, and the main force to monitor Mongcheng.

The battle in Mengcheng slowed down, but the battle on the front of the river was still fierce, the 9th and 13th divisions braved the fierce bombardment of the Chinese air force to launch a forced crossing, the squadron on the opposite bank resisted, the two sides fought fiercely along the river, the Japanese army rushed to the north bank twice, was counterattacked twice, and suffered heavy casualties.

Haneda once again used the strategy of attacking the east and the west, using the 9th Division to attract the squadron in the front, secretly moving the 13th Division to the upper reaches of the Huai River, and successfully smuggling in Suji, and the 13th Division quickly established a bridgehead on the opposite bank.

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