At the end of the month, the Japanese North China Front Army was formally formed, with General Terauchi Shouichi as the commander, under the jurisdiction of the 1st and 2nd armies and directly subordinate troops, a total of 8 divisions and regiments, together with the Kwantung Army Chahar Corps, 4 mixed brigades, and aviation, artillery and other special forces, a total of about 380,000 people.

After the formation of the headquarters of the North China Front, strategic arrangements were quickly made. In view of the two possible movements of the Japanese army's combat operations after the occupation of Nankou and the Zhangjiakou line, the troops of the Shanxi Second Theater also made corresponding adjustments. The 4th and 89th Divisions of the 13th Army Tang Enbo retreated to Anyang for rectification due to heavy losses. Its 94th Division headed for Mahuangyu and came under the command of Wei Lihuang. Liu Ruming's 143rd Division fought in the mountains around Wei County. The Gao Guizi Division of the 17th Army was located in Guangling and was still under the command of Tang Enbo.

The two group armies of Yang Aiyuan and Fu Zuoyi of the Jin Sui Army were also urgently deployed in the northern Jin region. According to the mobilization of the Second Theater of Operations, a semicircular defensive circle could be formed on the left flank of the North China Front from Shangdu, Xinghe, Tianzhen, Weixian to Zhuoxian. But at this time, the Japanese command once again played a beautiful secret hook, and ordered Itagaki Seishiro to quickly enter the vicinity of Wei County at the expense of fighting and reducing his troops, regardless of the difficulty of replenishing military supplies.

At the beginning of September, the 5th Division of the Japanese Army marched in three columns from the vicinity of Order, Xin'an, and Huailai, while Liu Ruming's 143rd Division, which served as the defense, did not have substantial contact with the attacking Japanese army, so it retreated without authorization, and Tang Enbo Deng ordered the Gao Guizi Division of the 17th Army to send a regiment from Guanglu to run to Wei County, and when the regiment was seven or eight miles away from Wei County, a wing of the Japanese cavalry had already entered the county seat of Wei County, and at the same time. The 41st Wing of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army entered and occupied Yijiabao and Tonggou north of Laiyuan. So far. The 5th Division did not take much effort to successfully complete the task assigned by the Front Army to quickly enter the vicinity of Ul County.

"The battle to defend Datong, before the battle started, half of it collapsed, and the men and horses in Suiyuan were almost withdrawn, and this Yan Xishan only thought about protecting his Taiyuan."

Chairman Chiang has been in trouble lately, and whenever he hears the battle reports from the front, he will have a big head, which is also the reason why he has been able to stand tall in Nanjing. Jiang Qi was born in troubled times, and he had enough mental quality to deal with the chaos and could withstand the blow. This is also the reason why he can go up and down several times but always be able to sit in this position, and those who want to replace him Sun Ke, Wang will be forced to step down by all kinds of anxious things after finally finding this position.

"Commission, Northwest Emergency!"

"Read!"

"The full-scale war of aggression against China between China and Japan has begun, and at present, the appeasement of the Western powers is prevalent, and Britain and France are forced by Germany step by step in Europe and do not dare to start a war, and they have no time to look westward. The United States has always been adept at profiteering on both sides. Unless you are helpless, you will not get involved in the war easily. It is hoped that the central authorities will not blindly pin their hopes on the interference of Britain, the United States, and other powers. The danger of the country must be saved by itself."

"Niang Xipi, how the central government can behave with him in the northwest to teach!" Before the telegram could be read, Chairman Chiang scolded him. At present, the war in Shanghai has not gone well, in the early days of the Japanese army's weak strength, he mobilized the most elite 9th and 15th armies in the entire Central Army sequence, and stormed the Japanese army in Shanghai, which was inferior in strength, although it gave the enemy a certain number of casualties, but it was useless, and his own losses were three or four times that of the Japanese army. After the first one or two decades of the offensive also failed to drive the Japanese army into the sea, at this time, with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements one after another, the Central Army could only barely maintain the relative balance of power in Shanghai, in the last Songhu War of Resistance, the final war was stopped under the intervention of the foreign powers, this time Chiang still placed high hopes on the foreign powers, and the military solution of the Japanese army has begun to lose confidence. At this time, Jiang Li directly exposed it, and Jiang was naturally a little angry.

"Although Jiang Liren is a little arrogant, what he said is still very reasonable." Li Zongren took the telegram, looked at it, and then took a breath and said.

"What else did Jiang Li say?" Jiang also calmed down at this time, and in front of Li Zongren, he would not lose his proportion.

"We have also received information that the Japanese army will continue to increase its forces in Shanghai, and that if the current situation continues, if the great powers do not intervene, Shanghai will probably be lost within three months. Jiang Li meant to suggest that Nanjing move its capital to Wuhan, prepare to start the Battle of Xuzhou to contain the Japanese army, win enough time for moving the capital to Wuhan, and prepare for the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Wuhan! ”

"He would have thought, these big battles are over, and his Northwest Army is watching from the side?" Jiang sneered.

Jiang Li also suggested that Nanjing let the Northwest Army fully take over Henan, preside over the Battle of the Central Plains, and block the Japanese army moving south from the Pinghan Railway. Cover the north of Wuhan, and at the same time respond to Xuzhou. Strive to block the Japanese army on the southeast coast. Li Zongren said.

"What does Jiansheng think of Jiang Li's opinion?" Chairman Jiang looked at Bai Chongxi again, compared with Li Zongren, he felt better about Bai Chongxi, Bai Chongxi is good at military affairs, not good at politics, although he is impatient to fight, but such a person is easy to control, but Li Zongren is a very politically minded person.

"Japan's North China Front has reached nearly 400,000 troops, and if it does not borrow the strength of the northwest, it may be difficult to stop the Japanese army rolling south. If Jiang Li can hold Henan, the security of the north of Wuhan will be safe for a while, once Zhengzhou is lost, the Japanese army will go south along the Pinghan Road and join forces with the Japanese army in East China, Wuhan will not be guaranteed, but to block the Japanese army, it is not all dependent on the Northwest Army. When Bai Chongxi said this, his eyes flashed, and he refused to say any more.

Jiang smiled coldly in his heart, Bai Chongxi is a smart person in the end, there are some things that can be done, but he can't say it, the Japanese army is not a matter of a day or two to go south, and when the flood season is full, the Yellow River will be dug up, and the flooding will cut off the logistics supply of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army that has lost its supply will no longer be a flood beast for the national * army, although it is still powerful. Therefore, even if the Battle of Songhu was already in a predicament at this time, and the situation seemed to many people to be almost unmanageable, Jiang could still see a few opportunities in the chaos.

"The situation is not so bad that it is difficult to get out of control, Shandong Han Fuyu still has 60,000 or 70,000 troops, Liu Zhi, Shang Zhen, 29th Army, Sun Dianying, there is still some strength, and it is no problem to block the Japanese army north of the Yellow River. At present, the central authorities have not yet reached the point of completely abandoning Henan, and once the central army is withdrawn from Henan and the northwest takes over Henan, it will be difficult to bring Henan under the rule of the central authorities. Li Zongren said. However, there is no need to quarrel with them now because of some small moves in the northwest, and at the moment it is still the first priority to repel the Japanese army. (To be continued.) )