Just as Li Zongren's words fell, a chief of communications staff walked over with a telegram in his hand, stood up and saluted Li Bai and the others: "Report, Qiao Anbang, the lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army's Reading Li Tiger Army, has sent an urgent telegram. ”

"Huh? Reading the Tiger Benjun? Li Zongren was a little surprised.

Bai Chongxi thought for a while and said, "It seems that Huainan has won a great victory, and Major General Qiao Anbang has been promoted again." ”

"Oh!" Li Zongren nodded with relief, and immediately asked the communications staff officer, "What did Qiao Anbang say in the telegram?" ”

"Qiao Anbang said in the call that he had led 30,000 elites from his headquarters to cross the Huai River to the north and was marching north along the Xubang Highway, not saying that he was about to arrive in Xuzhou!" The communications staff officer replied as he read the message.

"Degong! Taierzhuang is worry-free! Qiao Anbang is so well aware of righteousness, he is really a model for the party! Before Li Zongren could speak, the little Zhuge Bai Chongxi on the side had a flash of light in his eyes and praised.

"Hmm!" Li Zongren nodded in surprise and said: "Jiansheng is right, Qiao Anbang's department is a fully mechanized army, well-equipped and strong in combat, I thought they had just experienced the Huainan War, and they should continue to rest, but I didn't expect Qiao Anbang to lead his troops north non-stop, this person is very useful!" ”

"Degong is right, with the 30,000 elites of the Tiger Army, the grasp of the 10th Division of the Annihilation Army must be strengthened by at least three-tenths, as long as the 10th Division of the Army is annihilated, the Battle of Taierzhuang will be won, Xuzhou will be worry-free, and the Central Plains will be worry-free!" Bai Chongxi said excitedly.

Li Zongren nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Where is Qiao Anbang's department now?" ”

The communications staff officer immediately replied: "I just passed Su County." ”

Li Zongren was overjoyed when he heard this, Suxian was less than 80 kilometers away from Xuzhou, and with the degree of mechanization of the Tiger Army, he could arrive in three hours at most. At that moment, he turned his head to Bai Chongxi and said, "Jiansheng, how about you and I go out of the city together to meet the Tiger Army?" ”

"Virtuous and wise." Bai Chongxi is so smart, of course he knows Li Zongren's intentions, showing favor in order to win over, in fact, Qiao Anbang's department is not subordinate to the Fifth War Zone, so he spontaneously participated in the battle of Huainan, and regardless of the fatigue of the troops, he led his troops north to Xuzhou, Li Zongren and him Bai Chongxi should go out of the city to greet him.

………………………… On the dirt road from Suxian to Xuzhou, the 30,000 troops of the Tiger Ben Army are heading north, the huge convoy forms a majestic steel dragon, and the tank armored regiment of the armored brigade is open at the front of the convoy, Qiao Anbang sits on a half-track armored car, holding a detailed map of the Xuzhou region in both hands, and is frowning at the map and pondering, if he is not mistaken, at this time, the Battle of Xuzhou should have entered the most critical moment, that is, the Battle of Taierzhuang.

Through Yali's deciphering of the telegrams between the North China Front Army and the 10th Division and the 5th Division of the front, Qiao Anbang already had a little understanding of the current situation of the Battle of Xuzhou, and now the army has increased its strength by one division and two mixed brigades, especially its 14th Division, which is one of the 17 permanent divisions, and the whole division is well-trained, well-equipped, and strong in combat.

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Qiao Anbang knows that with the current trend of the Battle of Xuzhou, if he does not lead his troops to participate, then the Battle of Taierzhuang may end in [***] defeat, and the Battle of Xuzhou will eventually fail, history is fair, although Qiao Anbang changed the tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre, and annihilated 100,000 troops in Huainan, but the deployment of the army is also different from the original history, and the strength of the army has increased from two divisions to nearly four or five, such a force is obviously not something that a group of miscellaneous armies in the fifth theater can contend with.

It is necessary to know what the composition of the troops under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Theater at that time was, including the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, the Hunan Army, and the Guangdong Army and the Gui Army.

Qiao Anbang was thinking about it, and suddenly the armored car stopped advancing, and Liang Jiahan, who was sitting next to Qiao Anbang, immediately opened the car door, only to see a signal soldier hurriedly stand up and salute: "Military seat, General Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, is calling." ”

"Huh? How so? Qiao Anbang looked up and asked.

"General Li called and said that he had led the members of the Fifth Theater Commander's Department out of the city to greet our department, and it was estimated that it was not far ahead." As soon as the words of the communications soldier fell, the walkie-talkie in Qiao Anbang's car rang: "Military seat, General Li Zongren and other important personnel from the Fifth War Zone have come to greet us." ”

"I see." Qiao Anbang closed the map in his hand and said to Liang Jiahan: "Adjutant Liang, accompany me to meet the famous General Li Zongren." ”

Liang Jiahan glanced at Qiao Anbang with disgust, turned around and jumped out of the armored car, since he was kissed by Qiao Anbang last time, Liang Jiahan didn't care much about Qiao Anbang.

Seeing that Liang Damei didn't take care of herself, Qiao Anbang smiled bitterly, jumped out of the car, and then strode forward, Liang Jiahan grimaced at Qiao Anbang's back angrily, and immediately followed in a hurry.

Qiao Anbang walked to the front of the convoy surrounded by Liang Jiahan and others, and saw several military jeeps parked in front of him from a distance.

Qiao Anbang boldly guessed that these two people should be the famous head of the Xingui faction "Li Bai", and immediately strode forward, stood up and saluted the two of them: "Chief Li, Chief Bai is good." "The necessary etiquette still needs to be there.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi smiled and saluted back, stepped forward one after another, stretched out their hands to shake hands with Qiao Anbang and said with a smile: "General Qiao has worked hard all the way." ”

"When I heard that Xuzhou was in an emergency, I specially led 30,000 soldiers from northern Anhui to come to help, and asked the commander to assign us a task." Qiao Anbang said righteously.

Li Zongren didn't say those polite words that were useless, but nodded again and again: "Don't hide it from General Qiao, now that Xuzhou is really tight, your ministry can come to help, it's really a charcoal in the snow." ”

Bai Chongxi, who was on the side, was secretly surprised that Qiao Anbang was so young, and said: "The situation is urgent, and I also ask General Qiao to lead the officers and soldiers of the department to immediately advance to Taierzhuang and rush to the aid of Sun Lianzhong's group." ”

"Yes! Please rest assured that the two chiefs will definitely rush to Taierzhuang this morning and have a showdown with Yue Kou! Qiao Anbang immediately stepped forward and responded, and then said: "Then I will resign first." ”

"General Qiao has worked hard, and when this battle is over, Jiansheng and I are picking up the wind and washing the dust for the general!" Li Zongren said.

"Contribute to the country and be loyal to the nation, why bother?! Leave. Qiao Anbang gave the two of them another military salute, and then turned to leave.

Soon, the 30,000 soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army drove out again, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and others hurriedly got out of the way, looking at the tanks and armored vehicles that drove by, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren both looked awe-inspiring, Li Zongren said with a torch in his eyes: "Jiansheng, what do you think of Qiao Anbang?" ”

"The pillar of the country, the talent of the nation!" Bai Chongxi said.

"What about his troops?" Li Zongren asked again.

"Well-equipped, elite division!" Bai Chongxi said with envy in his heart, he really hoped that he would be able to command such a mechanized force when he would.

"Yes, if the party-state can have more such talents, and a few more elite divisions like this, why be afraid of the Oriental Woko?!" Li Zongren sighed.

………………………………………………………… Teng County, the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Army.

As the troops continued to advance forward, Ryosuke Isotani, the commander of the 10th Division, moved his division headquarters forward to the county seat of Fuji County, which had just been captured, in order to facilitate the command of the troops.

In the headquarters, the division commander Isoya Ryosuke and the chief of staff Tibujia Gui Dazuo discussed the military situation around the map, and the chief of staff Tibujia Gui Dazuo held a wooden command pole and pointed to the map and said: "General, according to intelligence, it is Sun Lianzhong's second group army of the Zhina Army stationed in Taierzhuang!" ”

"Second Army?" Ryosuke Isoya was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said, "They are Feng Yuxiang's troops?" ”

"Yes, general, Sun himself was originally one of the thirteen Taibao of Feng Yuxiang's department of the Northwest Army of China, and most of the officers and soldiers of the department were also the elite of the Northwest Army, good at using broadswords, and extremely good at white-knuckle combat!" Tibu Jiagui nodded and replied.

"Order, Segu Qi Brigade must capture Taierzhuang within two days, and completely annihilate Sun Lianzhong's department! Clear the way for the main force of the division to attack Xuzhou! Ryosuke Isoya ordered with a grim expression.

"Hay!" Ti Bu Jia Gui hurriedly bowed his head and answered, and immediately took the order.

……………… On the Taierzhuang front, the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division of the Chinese Army, under the command of brigade commander Kei Seya, launched a fierce attack on the Chifengcheng headquarters of the 31st Division of the Second Group Army, which was firmly holding the Taierzhuang position, under the cover of aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery.

In addition to the two infantry wings and artillery units of the headquarters, the North China Front also equipped it with two light tank brigades, a heavy machine gun brigade, a field artillery wing, and a heavy artillery wing (one brigade owed) plus air support from more than 100 planes of the Second Flying Regiment of the Air Corps directly under the Front.

Its combat effectiveness is extremely powerful, especially the ground-air firepower is far stronger than a conventional division, under the fierce artillery fire of the army, the officers and men of the 31st Division fought bloodily, held on to it, and launched an unprecedented white-knives battle with the army with the iron-blooded belief of an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood.

(To be continued)