Sixty miles, the headquarters of the third division of the army.

In the midst of a rush of footsteps, Chief of Staff Tahato Tatsuo Osaku walked into the headquarters with a panicked expression, and reported to the division commander Fujita Susumu urgently: "General, it's not good, the Fifth Brigade has been defeated by the Shina Army. ”

"What?" Fujita Jin was taken aback when he heard this, and suddenly got up and asked in disbelief: "Tian Jiujun, what are you talking about?" The 5th Brigade failed? ”

"Yes, first the air force of the Chinese Tiger Army attacked the positions of our Fifth Heavy Artillery Wing, and then their armored units also suddenly arrived, and the Fifth Brigade was caught off guard and was defeated by the Chinese Army in the attack, the Sixth and Sixty-eighth main wings lost more than half, and the tank and combat vehicle brigade assigned to the Fifth Brigade also lost two-thirds of its combat vehicles." Takasu Lixiong suddenly bowed his head and replied.

"Yaga Tooth Road! Didn't the intelligence say that the armored units of the Chinese army had already left for Huainan? How can it still be here? And why didn't the heavy artillery wing pay attention to air defense, Riichiro Katayama, this idiot, how did he command it? Hearing that the heavy artillery wing was also destroyed, Fujita Jin couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, which was a heavy artillery wing specially allocated to his third division by the Central China Front Command.

The Central China Front Army only has two such heavy artillery brigades and four heavy artillery wings, and now a complete heavy artillery wing in his hands has been wiped out like this, how can he not be annoyed? How not to get angry?

Without waiting for Tachio Tachio to answer, he roared angrily: "Let this bastard Ichiro Katayama come to see me immediately!" Hurry up and drop! ”

"Hay!" Tian Jiu Lixiong hurriedly bowed his head again, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

When the commander of the 5th Brigade, Riichiro Katayama, came to the headquarters of the 3rd Division with an embarrassed face, Fujita Jin scolded him severely, and then the 3rd Division stopped the offensive and built a complete fortification in 60 miles, especially digging several anti-tank trenches on the perimeter.

In the next few days, more than 100,000 troops from several other main divisions of the Yue army also rushed to the area of Liulipu, but to the surprise of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, the Yue army did not launch an attack, but stopped on the spot in Liulipu and the surrounding areas.

…………………… Thirty miles of shop, the position of the Tiger Ben Army.

In the past few days, in addition to the 1st Division of Huben stationed in 30 miles, the 2nd Division of Huben has also rushed to the front line of Yingzhou, and Chu Jingming's 4th Division has built two or three lines of defense in the rear, in case the front line is not supported, it can resist step by step, slow down the offensive edge of the Yue army, and finally block the attack of the Yue army.

In the tide observation whistle, Qiao Anbang and Li Yifeng stood side by side, both of them holding binoculars in their hands silently observing the situation ahead.

"Throne, the little devil has increased his troops again today." Li Yifeng said while watching.

"Yes, it is estimated that the main forces of the Central China Army are almost ready." Qiao Anbang put down the binoculars and sighed.

"Which one do you say the devil is singing? More than 100,000 people gathered in the army, and instead of attacking our troops, they defended on the spot. Li Yifeng also turned around and followed Qiao Anbang's side, puzzled.

"No matter what the purpose of the devil is, now what I'm most worried about is not us here, but the battlefield of Xuzhou, if Xuzhou is lost, then our base will be attacked on both sides." Qiao Anbang's tone was full of worry.

"Don't worry too much about the military seat, hasn't the Fifth Theater Commander's Department already mobilized the 11th Group Army and the 21st Group Army to go north, with the addition of these two major group armies, Xuzhou is not so easy to lose." Li Yifeng said without thinking.

"It's not that simple, the combat power of the Fifth Theater today is incomparable with a few months ago, and the Yue Army not only has nearly half more troops, but also has greatly strengthened its firepower, and the most important thing is that they have the experience of fighting with [***] last time, and this time it will be even more difficult." Qiao Anbang carried it with one hand.

"Then what should I do, now that the devil's 150,000 army is pressing the border, our Tiger Ben Army is unable to send troops north for reinforcements." Li Yifeng frowned.

Qiao Anbang did not continue to speak, he knew that the current situation was what the Central China Army hoped to happen, they did not need to attack at all to contain the Tiger Ben Army here, the 150,000 army, if they attacked with all their might, the Tiger Ben Army would go all out, and the outcome was still unknown, so even if the Yue Army did not attack, it was enough to cause huge pressure on the Tiger Ben Army.

At least Qiao Anbang didn't dare to send the main force north to Xuzhou at this time, because he was not Zhuge Liang, so he couldn't sing the empty city plan. Moreover, he did not have the courage to sing an empty plan with his entire base area in northern Anhui, because he knew that once the army entered northern Anhui, the base area he had painstakingly managed would be reduced to nothing in an instant.

"Military seat, why don't we mobilize three divisions plus an armored brigade to take the initiative to attack the army and defeat the enemy in front of us in one fell swoop, so that we can transfer our troops north to Xuzhou." Li Yifeng suddenly had a whim.

"No, you must know that the army opposite us is not one or two divisions, but more than five or six divisions and more than 150,000 people, and the devils have already built a large number of field fortifications, even if we attack with all our strength, it will be difficult to defeat them in one battle!" Qiao Anbang immediately vetoed Li Yifeng's suggestion, 150,000 devils, it is obviously impossible to defeat them in a battle, unless the Tiger Ben Army has an absolute superiority in troops.

"So what do we do? Is it just going to be wasted? It's not a way to go on like this, if the fifth theater can't withstand it in Xuzhou, then wouldn't we be more dangerous? Li Yifeng said urgently.

Qiao Anbang pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, I have a way." ”

"What's the solution?" Li Yifeng hurriedly asked.

"Bombing, there are fifteen devils, and the daily consumption is definitely an astronomical amount, so their dependence on logistics must be very amazing!" As long as our planes keep bombing the devil's logistics supply line, we can surrender the army without a fight, without logistics, the devil can't eat enough, what will he attack, what will he take and I will consume? Qiao Anbang said in high spirits.

"But, Junzao, we can't grasp the logistics and transportation routes of the devils so accurately." Li Yifeng asked with a bitter face.

"Well, it's not enough to rely on our Tiger Ben Army alone, we have to borrow some strength." Qiao Anbang said thoughtfully.

"Borrow some strength?" Li Yifeng was confused, and asked puzzledly: "Junzuo, where to pick up the power, what do you mean?" ”

"Li Yifeng, you immediately send people to the border areas of Huainan and Henan-Anhui to contact the New Fourth Army in this area, tell the New Fourth Army that we will provide them with weapons and equipment, and ask them to send troops to attack the logistics and supplies of the Japanese army, and cooperate with us in the common battle!" Joan Bang turned around and commanded.

"The New Fourth Army? Military, they are [***] troops, will they help us? Li Yifeng hesitated.

"Yes, now is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, [***] people are well aware of the righteousness and will definitely cooperate with us! You tell them that I will give as much equipment as there are as many people as they have, but please ask them to fully cooperate in harassing the rear of the Central China Army and cutting off the logistics supply of the devils! Qiao Anbang nodded quite confidently and said: "As long as there is more support from the New Fourth Army, and under the interference of our ground and air double attacks, the devils will not want to send military rations and ammunition to the front line." ”

"Oh, I remember." Li Yifeng stepped forward to respond at the moment, and then asked: "Then the military seat, can we send troops north to reinforce Xuzhou?" ”

"Not for the time being, we can only move according to the situation after the devil's logistical supplies are exhausted, now this place will be handed over to you, I will take a regiment of the armored brigade, and leave the rest to you, and cooperate with your division to fight, if the devil attacks, you must defend this place for Lao Tzu no matter what, and you must not retreat without authorization, understand?"

"Yes! Humble and understand, please rest assured, the people are in the position! Li Yifeng patted his chest and assured loudly.

"Okay, I'll leave the matter of contacting the New Fourth Army to you, remember that the sooner the better." Qiao Anbang patted Li Yifeng on the shoulder and said, after speaking, Qiao Anbang strode forward, and Liang Jiahan hurriedly followed. "Salute to the military seat!" Seeing Qiao Anbang leave, Li Yifeng shouted loudly, and then took the lead and stood up to salute Qiao Anbang with a standard military salute.

The officers and men of the 1st Division in the trenches followed suit, and for a time the entire position was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

Qiao Anbang casually saluted the soldiers, then turned his head to Liang Jiahan who was following behind him and said: "Immediately notify the flying regiment to bomb the ammunition depot and granary of the sixty-mile Puyu army with all their might, in addition to bombing the supply routes of the army every day, it is best to bomb the Pukou wharf every day, so that the devils cannot transport a grain and a bullet from Jiangnan." ”

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan snorted, then turned around and ran forward quickly.

………………………… On the highway from Pheasant Heji to Mengcheng, a large group of people are marching along the road to Pheasant Heji, and there are a few young men with poor eyes in the crowd who look around from time to time, these people are the agents of the army who infiltrated northern Anhui in batches, and Sichuan Guangzuo was also suddenly mixed in.

The crowd walked slowly, and soon came to Xiyang Town, located south of the Vortex River, where the road ran through the middle street of Xiyang Town, and after a few agents, they found a group of heavily armed Chinese checking the people one by one at the entrance of the town.

It turned out that after the Fourth Division encountered an incident a few days ago in which devils had infiltrated the crowd of the people, Qiao Anbang ordered the whole army to order some of the remaining troops to join the militia in setting up checkpoints in all villages and towns, especially on the main traffic roads, so as to prevent small groups of troops from mixing into the crowd and sneaking into the rear of the base area, where the troops were already very empty.

So the militia of Xiyang Town spontaneously set up two checkpoints at the entrance of the town road, strictly inspect and interrogate the passing people, these militia are afraid that they still lack a little fire to fight, but the road blocking and setting up cards are no worse than the regular army, holding a Garand rifle in their hands, which satisfies the vanity of these old hats, so they work very hard.

"Chuan Guangjun, what should we do?" A ghost agent in the crowd approached Kawahiro and asked in a low voice. In fact, they really haven't paid attention to these militiamen at the intersection, the key is that as soon as the gunshots are fired here, their whereabouts will be exposed, and the entire Pheasant and Ji will enter full martial law.

(To be continued)