The panicked Tang Enbo hurriedly ordered the adjutant to report Qiao's army's movements to Chairman Chiang, who was still worried about returning the capital to Nanjing, who was far away in Chongqing.

At the same time, he also strictly ordered the 4th Division of Zheng Dongguo and other units on the front line to closely monitor the movements of Qiao's army in front of him, and also urgently ordered the headquarters of Wang Zhonglian's 85th Army stationed in the Jining area to make combat preparations in order to be fully prepared.

Tang Enbo's telegram was soon sent to Yucheng, and the messengers in the chamberlain quickly translated it and handed it over to Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard.

After reading the telegram, Wang Shihe's face changed drastically, and he did not dare to delay, so he quickly rushed to Chairman Chiang's office with the telegram and reported to Chairman Chiang: "Commission, Tang Enbo is in a hurry!" ”

"Huh? What's the matter, has the situation in Shandong changed? Chairman Jiang chuckled in his heart and guessed.

"Yes, Tang Enbo reported that not long ago, one of the most elite armored divisions under Qiao Anbang suddenly advanced west along the canal and rushed towards Jining, an important town in southwest Lu, General Tang Enbo asked for instructions on what to do?" Wang Shihe nodded in reply, and handed the telegram to Chairman Chiang.

Chairman Jiang took the telegram, hurriedly skimmed it, and suddenly slapped it on the desk in front of him, shaking the documents and ink on the table, and said angrily: "Niang Xipi, Qiao Anbang, this thief, what does he want to do?" I haven't held him accountable for organizing and purchasing naval warships and forming a navy without authorization, and now he still wants to take the initiative to provoke trouble? ”

"Let Chen Cheng and He Yingqin come to see me immediately!" Chairman Jiang was so angry that his face turned blue and he instructed Wang Shihe.

"Yes, I will do it immediately!" Wang Shihe trembled in response, and quickly turned around and took the order.

Not long after, He Yingqin and Chen Cheng rushed to the order, and as soon as they saw Chairman Jiang, the two hurriedly saluted at the same time: "Commission!" ”

Chairman Jiang waved his hand impatiently as a gesture, slapped the telegram on the table and said, "Look at it, this is Tang Enbo's latest emergency telegram, Qiao Anbang, this bastard has moved!" ”

He Yingqin and Chen Cheng looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes, and then he stepped forward and carefully picked up the telegram on the table, and the two of them read it one after another.

Chairman Jiang asked with a pale face: "How is it, what do you two think about this?" ”

"I wonder what you're going to do?" He Yingqin asked cautiously.

"Niang Xipi, if Qiao Anbang's troops dare to launch an attack on Jining, then immediately issue a statement, declare the 11th Army as a rebel, Qiao Anbang as a traitorous Han annihilation, and immediately start a war against it!" Chairman Jiang said angrily.

"Commission, don't be impulsive, now Gu Mosan's Third War Zone has just suffered a defeat, Xue Yue's main force in the Ninth War Zone is also a division that has been tired from a long battle, and it has been transferred thousands of miles, and now the morale is low, the officers and soldiers are tired, it is really not suitable to completely turn the face with the Qiao family army now!" Chen Cheng hurriedly persuaded.

"Niang Xipi, I know all this, but Qiao Anbang, a bastard, is becoming more and more lawless, and he is less and less concerned about the political axe and me, the leader, and if he is allowed to develop like this, sooner or later he will become a big trouble for the party and the state!" The more Chairman Jiang spoke, the more regretful and annoyed he became, and he only hated himself for not seeing that Qiao Anbang was a Liu Bei with hidden ambitions, so much so that he raised tigers for trouble, and now he is almost unable to balance him.

"Calm down, let's not say that what is said in rhetoric is the truth, with the current personnel and equipment of our army, if we take the risk of tearing our faces and starting a war with Qiao's army, I think that it is not possible to win!" He Yingqin looked at Chairman Jiang Tieqing's face and said.

"Yes, and, I guess that Qiao Anbang will not fire the first shot, because he knows that whoever fires the first shot will be condemned by public opinion, provoke a civil war, and undermine the unity and unity of the Anti-Japanese War, and Qiao Anbang will not be stupid enough to take it on himself." Chen Cheng said.

"Then what is the purpose of his sudden mobilization of troops?"

"This lowly rank cannot be predicted, and for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to make Tang Enbo take strict precautions and respond to all changes without change! But one thing must be avoided, never the first shot! He Yingqin said.

"Well, in this way, Jingzhi, you will take a trip to Shandong instead of me, first, to assist Tang Enbo in dealing with possible crises, and secondly, to probe Qiao Anbang's tone and see what he wants to do." Chairman Jiang looked at He Yingqin meaningfully.

He Yingqin didn't dare to refuse, and immediately stood up and saluted: "Yes, I will go immediately!" ”

……………………………………………… On the road to Jining, an assault group consisting of two regiments of the Panzer Division and the Fifth Division was advancing rapidly.

Today's armored division has tripled in size from the original three armored regiments, and now has three tank regiments, one anti-aircraft armored regiment, one anti-tank regiment and one armored vehicle regiment.

It has more than 500 tanks and armored vehicles and other military vehicles, which is the largest in Asia in terms of scale and combat effectiveness.

An infantry regiment and a self-propelled artillery regiment drawn from the 5th Division were also all mechanized, so the troops marched very quickly.

In less than five hours after leaving Xuzhou, they advanced more than 100 kilometers forward, and the straight-line distance from Xuzhou to Jining was only 1340 kilometers, which shows the terrifying speed of their march.

From a bird's-eye view from above, you can see hundreds of armed vehicles and tanks on the road like a giant snake that winds but keeps moving.

The billowing smoke and dust brought up by the vehicle covered the sky, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

The super-fast marching speed of the armored division shocked Zhang Xuezhong, the commander of the 89th Division of the 85th Army, who had been concerned about their movements in Jining City.

When he learned that the elite armored troops of Qiao's army were less than fifty kilometers away from Jining City, Zhang Xuezhong hurriedly crossed the level to report to the headquarters, and kept asking for instructions on how to deal with it.

After Tang Enbo received Chairman Chiang's reply, he had to order Zhang Xuezhong to guard strictly, but he was not allowed to take the initiative to open fire and start a war with Qiao's army.

At the same time, on the runway of Qingdao Airport, a BF109 took off rapidly from the runway, and then flew towards Jinan like a cover.

Naturally, this air force was sent by Qiao Anbang for the purpose of exerting psychological pressure on Tang Enbo and paving the way for him to evacuate Shandong.

About half an hour later, Qiao's fighter planes flew over Jinan and circled and demonstrated over Tang Enbo's headquarters.

The piercing air raid sirens suddenly sounded throughout Quancheng, and Tang Enbo was even more frightened and hid in the air raid basement that had been dug when the Japanese army was stationed here.

Crying and mourning, he began to complain to Chairman Jiang, although Qiao Jiajun's fighter plane did not drop a bomb for air strikes, Tang Enbo already clearly felt that his personal safety was threatened.

It's as if I've become the meat of Qiao Anbang's mouth, a meal on a plate, and I can eat it whenever I want, and this feeling is terrible.

It didn't take long for Chairman Jiang to call back, but Tang Enbo waited for another urgent call from Zhang Xuezhong, commander of the 89th Division in Jining.

Through the telegram report, Tang Enbo was surprised to learn that Qiao Anbang's armored force did not attack Jining City, but left a tank regiment and about half an infantry regiment stationed in Jining, and then continued to advance in the direction of Tai'an.

At the same time, Tang Enbo got the latest news about the movement of Qiao's army, that is, behind this armored force, about two divisions of Qiao's army appeared, and they were also slowly approaching Jining along the route of the armored force.

"Fuck, what the hell is this Joan Bang trying to fuck? Since he didn't attack, which one did he sing?! Tang Enbo stroked his forehead and explained.

"Chief Tang, do you think this Qiao Anbang is trying to squeeze us out? You see that he sent troops to Jining, but he did not take the initiative to fight with our department, which is really intriguing! Guan Linzheng analyzed.

"Squeeze us out?" Tang Enbo looked at Guan Linzheng in confusion and said, "Why is he?" Our department is stationed in Luxiluzhong, which was personally appointed by Chairman Chiang of Yucheng, so why did he squeeze us out? ”

Guan Linzheng smiled wryly, having said that, the 20th Army Corps seized most of the important cities in Luxilu, and it was indeed suspected of picking up Qiao's army.

After all, if it weren't for the fact that Qiao's army contained all the main forces of the Shandong army in the Battle of Qingdao, it would be basically impossible for the 20th Army to recover so many important cities in such a broken time.

"That's it, as long as they don't take the initiative to fire the first shot, we don't care, it's a big deal to consume it like this, see what tricks he can play?" Tang Enbo waved his hand impatiently and took the lead out of the air defense basement.

After walking out of the basement, Tang Enbo immediately said to the attendant adjutant, "Inform the guard regiment to move immediately." ”

……………………………… With the passage of time, the infantry regiments of the armored division and the fifth division successively arrived in Tai'an and other important surrounding counties, and left a battalion or regiment outside the city.

Immediately afterwards, the 11th and 12th integrated divisions, which were ordered to go north, also entered the area of Heze and Juye, and cooperated with the armored division and the first integrated division to strategically encircle Tang Enbo's 20th Army in the southwest of Lu, centered on Jinan, Jining, Tai'an and other places.

In addition, Qiao Anbang sent every day to bomb the Yellow River crossing north of Jinan, and secretly ordered the armored division to intercept the messengers and supplies between the various units of the 20th Army Corps.

At the same time, he also sent Liang Yilu to lead a special operations battalion deep into the hinterland of the 20 th Army Corps, constantly cutting off the telephone lines used to communicate with the grassroots units of the 20 th Army Corps, disguised himself as bandits to attack their supply convoys.

For a time, in the area under the jurisdiction of Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, there were all soldiers, logistics, and communications were greatly damaged, and many logistics and communications personnel disappeared for no reason.

In particular, the bandits disguised by the special operations battalion were even more frightened that the supply transport teams and liaison soldiers between the various units of the 20th Army Corps did not dare to go out of the city, and they could only stay in their respective stations all day long and did not dare to go out.

(To be continued)