Outside Cangzhou, there are fewer and fewer Qing soldiers running from their positions to the side of the National Defense Army, and it seems that the Qing soldiers have strengthened their control. Since the failure of the last night attack, Tan Tai has not organized an offensive operation.

Luo Jian couldn't help but be a little amused when he looked at the information sent by the Ministry of Security in the tent, and looked at everything that happened inside and outside the Manchu court.

The founders of the Qing Empire, led by Dolgon, were not actually a group of brilliant politicians, and in another time and space history, they were able to create the Qing Dynasty, not so much because of their eloquence, but because they seized the opportunity well.

It is good to say that he is good at grasping the opportunity, or he is good at speculation, in short, after Luo Jian came to this time and space, in the battle with the Qing court, he did not feel the eloquence of Dolgon and the Manchu court.

Seeing that Dolgon was thinking of retreating outside the gate, Luo Jian smiled heartily. Wang Qiang said that if Dolgon retreats to Guanwai is in line with him, then he can chase the Manchus all the way to Siberia, and then turn Lake Baikal into our inner lake, and he will also go fishing on Lake Baikal.

Although Yi Bangcai and Ma Yingkui didn't know where Siberia was, they both said that they couldn't let go of the Manchu court, how could they run away to rob people, and after robbing, they would be masters for a few days, and then pat their butts and leave?

There was a sudden commotion outside the tent, and Luo Jian knew that it was a logistical burden.

Putting down the information in his hand, Luo Jian personally greeted him, and received a report yesterday that He Gang, the head of the General Logistics Department, personally escorted the logistics baggage.

"Brother Kindness, why are you here in person?" Luo Jian hadn't seen He Gang for a long time, and it felt very cordial to meet him today.

This great steward of the Wehrmacht can be described as a great hero of the Wehrmacht. Now the Wehrmacht has opened up four theater of operations. The support tasks on every battlefield are extremely heavy. It's rare that He Gang keeps everything in order.

"Governor, there are a lot of things escorted this time, I don't worry if I don't come in person!" He Gang saluted Luo Jian, then took out a notebook from his pocket and handed it to Luo Jian, with a detailed list of escorted materials on it.

Luo Jian took the book and read it carefully, there was a lot of food and clothes, and he turned the page again, and there were weapons and ammunition on it.

"Oh? You've brought in thirty-six guns? Luo Jian asked in surprise.

"yes. These artillery pieces were all brought by Xiao Liu to the Seventh Division. He said that this battlefield task is the heaviest, and he is afraid that your firepower will not be enough, so he sent all the newly built artillery here. He Gang was a little strange, he thought that Luo Jian knew about it.

Luo Jian didn't speak, in fact, in his thoughts, after the manufacture of these artillery pieces is completed, priority should be given to equipping the Second Army, their direction is the most stressful, but now it has been sent here, and it is impossible to send it to the direction of Hunan. It's too late to toss back and forth.

"Governor, the Second Army specially sent them tens of thousands of grenades. Xiao Liu also said that the second army is under great pressure, and not long ago it was still giving Nanjing an emergency, with these grenades, they should be able to withstand it, right? He Gang frowned when he saw Luo Jian, and guessed what he was thinking.

When Luo Jian heard this, this was almost the same, "Brother Yuren, why is the military factory still working in three shifts now?" Why do I think they're increasing production so quickly? ”

"Governor, there's good news, you can look down." He Gang said with a smile.

"Oh, and the equipment of two regiments? There are also a lot of bullets, but there is progress in the technology of military factories? When Luo Jian saw it, he was immediately happy.

"yes, I don't know about the chemical plant, and I don't know how they do it, but it's enough for now. I know very well about the rifle and bullet production line, it was Mi Zhi (Fang Yizhi) and Mao Zhong (Chen Zilong) who improved the machine tools again, and if this continues, the whole army will be redressed quickly. He Gang said simply.

"Oh, that's good news, let's go, Brother Guy, let's go into the house and talk slowly, just let them hand it over." Luo Jian led He Gang into his tent.

"The Grand Duke..."He Gang was interrupted by Luo Jian before he could finish speaking, "I said Brother Fenren, why are you so outside?" Just call me Xinghua. “

"Hehe, Xinghua, which division are you going to give the equipment of these two regiments? I guess it's better for Dingwei, right? Dingwei has been working in the garrison for so long, and he can be regarded as wronged, you have to compensate him, right? He Gang was not hypocritical, and immediately changed his name.

"Did the old horse look for you? Alas, don't you say that I am also ready to give the Tenth Division, Lao Ma often ran to the Seventh Division during this time, and he couldn't leave the equipment of the Seventh Division when he saw it, and now their division mainly cooperates with the Seventh Division to fight, and it is also appropriate to give them priority in changing their clothes. Luo Jian said while letting He Gang sit down on a chair.

Luo Jian pulled He Gang to sit down and talk, mainly because he had been away from Nanjing for too long, although official documents were being sent at any time, but the things on paper were always too abstract, and Luo Jian hoped that He Gang would talk to him properly.

How do you know that when you sit down and talk, He Gang doesn't know anything about Nanjing City, which makes Luo Jian cry and laugh.

"Xinghua, you can't blame me, I'm so busy now that I don't have time to ask about other things, there are more than 500 people in the General Logistics Department, but I still can't keep busy." He Gang also said with a wry smile.

Luo Jian nodded in understanding.

"Xinghua, all the food and materials are ready, are you ready to do it? I don't know anything else, but there are people in Nanjing who always don't do anything in your direction. He Gang said to Luo Jian very solemnly.

"Hehe, there are many ways to fight, although we don't have an open flame here, but our results are not small?" Luo Jian doesn't care what some people say, he always has to implement his own intentions in a war, and if others change their strategy after a few words, there is no need to fight the battle.

"That's right, before I came, the superintendent specially approached me, and asked me to tell you, I want you to resolutely implement your combat intentions, don't be disturbed by external factors, and also said that the affairs of the Nanjing government will reassure you, important things will be sent, and unimportant things will be dealt with." Of course, He Gang understands this, and the reminder is also out of kindness.

The two had just talked in the tent for a while, and Ma Yingkui was shouting a report outside the tent, and Ma Yingkui, who had entered the tent, was excited. Luo Jian and He Gang saluted and asked, "Governor Dadu, Minister He." Where is the equipment of our 10th division? Can I go get it? ”

"Don't be in a hurry. Can't run away from you. But let me ask you, with the new equipment, your two regiments will have to train for some time before they can go to battle, otherwise it is better to use your old equipment. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Governor, no training, no training." Ma Yingkui said anxiously.

"Are you so godly? Can you use it without training when you get new equipment? He Gang asked curiously on the side.

"That's it! I had already sent people to the Seventh Division to practice tactics with them for a long time, and the shooting of this new rifle was not very different from the old one, and it took half a day to get acquainted with it. "Ma Yingkui has been prepared for a long time. He sent several regiments of the 10th Division to the 7th Division in turn to train tactical movements, and after practicing for nearly a month, he should be familiar with the basic movements.

Of course, Luo Jian knew that Ma Yingkui sent troops to the Seventh Division for rotational training, but this time was too short, and he was worried that the Tenth Division would lag behind on the battlefield, and now that Ma Yingkui was full of confidence, he couldn't say anything.

"Well, let's give you three more days to familiarize yourself with the new equipment, the Fourth and Sixth Divisions are moving closer to us. When they arrive, we'll call a battle meeting right away! Luo Jian said to Ma Yingkui.

The 4th and 6th divisions swept on the left and right flanks. So far, the Qing troops on both flanks have been basically cleared, and the Seventh and Tenth Divisions now do not have to worry about the safety of their flanks at all, which is also the combat policy adopted by Luo Jian for the sake of safety.

He Gang hurried back to Nanjing the next morning, he was too busy with his affairs to stay here.

After sending He Gang away, Luo Jian came to the operational command tent, and began to plan the upcoming battle with Yi Bangcai and a group of staff officers.

The Cangzhou front-line defense force has assembled four infantry divisions and two cavalry brigades of nearly 100,000 horses, and this is only the combat strength, if you count the logistics support personnel, 1230,000 are in their early stages, and the strength of the troops is the first time in the history of the defense army's operations, and it is time to strike hard.

On the morning of the third day, the wide operational command tent was bustling with activity, with all the commanders of all divisions and brigades present, and the commanders of divisions and brigades who had not seen each other for a long time greeted each other and made a cold noise.

"I said Zhao Quan, you kid is good? How long has it been since he became the commander of a cavalry brigade? Ma Yingkui patted Zhao Quan's shoulder vigorously, and Zhao Quan just smiled.

"I said Lao Ma, have you heard that two regiments of your Tenth Division have changed their equipment again? Can you give me a group of Lao Liu? Liu Xiongwu, the commander of the Sixth Division, set his sights on Ma Yingkui's new equipment.

"Lao Liu, everything else is easy to discuss, do you want equipment? You might as well use my old horse's head. When Ma Yingkui heard that Liu Xiongwu was staring at his new equipment, he immediately became anxious.

"I said Lao Ma, you are really, Lao Liu is just joking, knowing that you regard these equipment as the root of your life, our eyes are red, but I didn't have the idea of beating you, just now on the road Lao Liu also told me, our fourth and sixth divisions are probably about to change their clothes, right?" Liu Dingjun, the commander of the fourth division, said with a smile next to him.

Seeing everyone's lively and noisy hustle and bustle, Leng Yundeng, the commander of the Third Cavalry Brigade, was very envious, but he felt that he couldn't talk to everyone, so he stood aside a little embarrassed.

"Brigade Commander Leng, I heard that your cavalry brigade has been reborn now, and when you need your help when the time comes, don't shirk it!" Ma Yingkui saw Leng Yundeng's embarrassment, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Master Ma laughed, but when we want to use me to ride the third brigade, we have an unshirkable responsibility." Leng Yundeng was a little uncomfortable with this kind of intimacy, and said with an embarrassed smile.

"Brigadier Leng, you don't have to be so restrained, we're all like this here, it's very casual." Zhao Quan saw Leng Yundeng's embarrassment, walked to his side and said to him.

Leng Yundeng just didn't get used to it, but this kind of atmosphere was what he liked, and he nodded at Zhao Quan, very grateful for his reminder.

When Luo Jian walked into the tent accompanied by Yi Bangcai and Wang Qiang, the tent became even more lively.

When he arrived at the main seat and sat down, Luo Jian was not in a hurry to start, and smiled and watched the generals tease and laugh at each other, and only the internally united team would have this kind of atmosphere.

Leng Yundeng was a little surprised, in the past in Wu Sangui's army, he also participated in the battle meeting of the Ming army and the Qing army many times, before the boss came, everyone also laughed a little, once the boss came, no one dared to make a mistake, he didn't expect that the governor had already sat on the main seat, and everyone continued to laugh.

Yi Bangcai took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, then he raised his hands and pressed down, and with Yi Bangcai's movements, the battle tent suddenly quieted down, and the combat meeting officially began.

With the convening of the Wehrmacht Combat Conference, the atmosphere on the Cangzhou front began to become extremely tense, and the air seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder.

At five o'clock in the morning of the third day, a long piece of artillery behind the starting position of the Seventh Division's attack raised its head, and the artillerymen were nervously preparing, the shells had been loaded, and they were waiting for an order to begin to prepare artillery fire for the attack on the Qing army's defensive position.

"Offensive begins!" Luo Jian and Yi Bang stood on a high slope, looking at the troops who were ready to attack, Luo Jian raised his hand and looked at his watch, and gave the order to attack. (To be continued.) )