(Well, starting tomorrow, two chapters will be combined into one chapter, and there will only be one change, and the time will be about one o'clock in the afternoon.) ）

"Yes, the opportunity is good, but not elsewhere. After the battles of Xinkou and Taiyuan, Yan Xishan can't fight now, and he doesn't want to fight, he just wants to retreat to the Jinnan Mountains to recover some strength. It's not a big problem to arrange him to fight a few small battles, but I really hope to have another Taiyuan battle, and it would be good not to dismantle the stage later. On the Suiyuan side, Zhou Dafu's 1st Mechanized Brigade has been withdrawn and is being reorganized and expanded into an armored mixed brigade. Without a mechanized brigade to take the lead, in the terrain of Suiyuan, it is too much to suffer, and besides, it is not suitable to take advantage of the existing positions and take the initiative to attack. For the time being, it's better not to provoke the Kwantung Army. Besides, it is better to move in several directions at the same time, as well as exert force in one direction. ”

Jiang Li shook his head and threw aside the latest gasoline production report, technological breakthroughs are one thing, but smooth application to production is another, after all, the restructuring of each factory needs to go through a certain amount of time. Although there is still a certain distance from Jiang Li's expectations, it is not bad in this war.

"It is difficult to recover the lost land, and it is too difficult to fight to Hebei, the commander refers to Xuzhou?" Zhao Tie and Yang Hucheng reacted at the same time, and said in unison.

"Yes, it's Xuzhou! The Japanese army was so arrogant that it thought that even if it did not annihilate the main forces of the two low-cost group armies, it would give the Central Plains Field Corps enough casualties, and with the containment of the Anyang battlefield, the Central Plains Field Corps would not be able to free up. According to the intelligence from the front, Shiuchi Shouichi still has a certain amount of abundant strength left, but they are still too big. Is it true that our Northwest Army is all dead? There are still four group armies in Henan, and Shinachi Shouyi wants to kill the main force of the Central Army, but this is also a rare opportunity for us. Jiang Lidao, "During this time, you should seize the time to rest and prepare to join forces with the Central Army to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army." We don't have much surplus troops now, and there are five or six hundred thousand central troops at the moment, and if we don't use them, after this village, there will be no store. ”

"That's right, but the Japanese army fought quite fiercely on the Anyang side, although the 6th Army was blocking the front line. But I can't pull away. Although we still have three group armies in our hands now, we have fought several battles with the Japanese army in succession, and we have lost more than half of them. Of course, if the commander has other hole cards, at the critical moment, he might as well take a look. One more surprise for the Japanese. ”

Yang Hucheng hesitated a little, and then couldn't help but smile, after all, for a period of time, Jiang Li's hole cards in his hand were turned over one after another. Blinded some people's dog eyes. Yang Hucheng wanted to see if Jiang Li had any other hole cards. After all, Sun Dianying, Shang Zhen and their subordinates have suffered a lot of losses, although Jiang Li is in charge of Henan, so there will be no chaos, but it is not realistic to let them take the remnants to the Japanese army again.

"Don't look at me, what should be shown is revealed, and what should not be revealed is revealed. Where there is any rear hand, we must say that there is a back hand, that is, a certain number of troops will be transferred from the northwest. But that's not there yet. The steel in Suiyuan is too important to the northwest, and the Sichuan side needs to be suppressed, and the iron ore in Sichuan also has a great impact on the situation behind. Besides, the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the railway was jointly participated in by the Northwest, and the control could not be completely taken over by Chairman Chiang. However, it is a good choice to gradually complete the transfer of the troops with the troops in the northwest, which are now suffering from heavier losses. Jiang Li pondered and said.

"This method is not bad, after several large-scale battles, we do need to recuperate for a period of time, Nanjing initially integrated several major factions, although the equipment is poor, but the strength of the army, compared to the northwest is still stronger. Even if the loss in Songhu is not small, but we have fought several times, and the losses may not be so small. The Japanese army is still too strong, almost how many people die and how much they make up, and at the moment the scale of the Japanese army is only growing, not decreasing. It is indeed a bit difficult to rely solely on the northwest to organize a battle, and this time it is indeed a bit wasteful to leave Nanjing's five or six hundred thousand troops alone. If the battle of Xuzhou is met, the commander can gather the strength of another group army and copy the rear road of the Japanese army, as long as the main force of the Japanese army attacking Xuzhou is solved, this game of chess will be completely lived. For a long time, the Japanese army has been marching highly, attacking cities and grabbing land, and in Xuzhou, the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army in large-scale battles will be completely ended. ”

Yang Hucheng rubbed his fists, and Zhao Tieshu's eyes became brighter and brighter, after all, although he withdrew from Pingjin to Henan, although he also caused a large number of casualties to the Japanese army, he was pressed and beaten by the Japanese army all the way. If there is a chance to return the Japanese army, it will naturally make people happy.

"These days, you don't have much to do, just discuss with those staff officers, and come up with several sets of combat plans, if the Central Army still can't support the wall, we can only make our own plans, if Li Zongren can gain a foothold in Xuzhou, we will fulfill him." Jiang Li smiled indifferently, the Battle of Xuzhou is still somewhat famous in history. This is also a rare opportunity for the Republic of China, if a large number of Japanese forces can be annihilated because of this, it will also be extremely beneficial to the situation of the War of Resistance in the future. In addition, it can also increase Li Zongren's position in the central government through the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Central Army is very likely to become the enemy of the northwest in the future. After all, external enemies are sometimes less threatening than internal ones. It's also a count of birds.

"By the way, Commander, I heard that a new batch of heavy machine guns has been produced at the arsenal, I wonder when it will be equipped on the side of the Third Army?" At the end, Yang Yu asked again, since he personally witnessed the Fire Snake General Machine Gun, Yang Hucheng was worried about it.

"It's not time for the time being, machine gunners need to be trained, and in addition, we need to strengthen the understanding of machine guns, now the times are different, the more powerful the weapon, the higher the requirements for the soldiers, unlike the old sleeve that can be shot smoothly with a few simple strokes in the hand, and the consumption of ammunition is also a large head, our ammunition production line will be expanded, otherwise, this is a semi-automatic rifle, and a large number of submachine guns, and then there are light and heavy machine guns, and the consumption is more than double than before." Jiang Li shook his head and said with a wry smile, war is a gold-swallowing beast, and in the past few years, there have been constant wars in the northwest. The previous ammunition reserves did not stand up to consumption, and even now that production has expanded, it has not reached the point where it can be used uncontrollably.

"This is true, in terms of small arms firepower, we are even more fierce than the Japanese army. There is also a reason why we were able to hit a good casualty ratio in the past, and we consumed at least twice as many bullets as the Japanese army. Zhao Tieshu nodded in agreement. The training and accumulation of the Northwest Army were not as good as those of the Japanese army, and there was a certain gap between the technical arms of the two sides, but the overall casualties were still controlled within a certain range. Naturally, there is a price to pay in other ways.

"Can't we expand some more equipment? Not to mention anything else, this kind of machine gun alone is equipped with troops on a large scale, which will definitely bring the casualties of the Japanese army to a higher level, and it will not take a few years to consume these little devils. Yang Hucheng was a little unwilling. The firing range of the Tongue of Fire universal machine gun is still higher than the heavy machine gun in service in the Northwest Army. The Japanese grenadier has been an extremely headache for the Northwest Army until now, and if there is such a machine gun, the two sides will directly distance themselves from the Japanese army in terms of infantry firepower output.

"Time, everything takes time." Jiang Li sighed. (To be continued.) )