"Take a seat." Yue Weihan stood upright and saluted Chairman Jiang Lizheng.

Chairman Jiang waved his hand and said, "Zhongshu, you must know the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou, right?" ”

Yue Weihan nodded silently, although he rarely went to the governor's department, he was still quite clear about the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou.

"Loyalty, I really regret it, Houhai didn't listen to your persuasion at the beginning." Chairman Jiang shook his head and said, "If I had listened to your advice at the beginning, why would I have been in such a dangerous situation today? ”

"Why do you have to say that?" Yue Weihan said, "The top priority is to quickly formulate a response strategy. ”

"That's what I'm here for." Chairman Jiang nodded and said, "I want to hear your views on the current situation?" ”

Yue Weihan said: "Do you really want to hear it?" ”

"I want to hear it." Chairman Jiang said without hesitation, "And I will definitely do what you say, I have been wrong once, and I must not be wrong a second time." ”

Chairman Chiang's words came from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay." Yue Weihan immediately turned around and walked to the big map hanging on the wall, and immediately picked up the command pole and drew a big circle on the map, with a stern expression, "You see, the army has basically completed the strategic deployment now, and more than 20 divisions have formed a general encirclement of the Xuzhou battlefield. ”

Chairman Jiang said, "What do you mean...... Fall back? ”

"Retreat?" Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "If it was half a month ago, our army could still retreat calmly, but now it is too late to retreat, although there are still gaps between the divisions and regiments of the army, and there is still room for small units to intersperse, but it is impossible for the large corps to break through, and if the commission really orders the retreat, it will inevitably lead to catastrophic consequences." ”

"The consequences of the calamity?" Chairman Jiang's face changed slightly, "How do you say this?" ”

Yue Weihan drew three small circles on the map with a command pole and said: "Commission, the current Xuzhou battlefield can be roughly divided into three local battlefields, one is the Lunan battlefield, the second is the northern Anhui battlefield, and the third is the Luxi battlefield. ”

"If the commission orders a retreat, our army can only retreat westward along the Longhai line, and the troops in southern and northern Anhui are bound to shrink to Xuzhou, so that the army in southern and northern Anhui will definitely crush up, and the army in western Lu will inevitably go south to flank Shangqiu and block the retreat of our army."

"Our strategic maneuver will soon be exhausted, more than half a million troops will be crowded in the narrow area around Xuzhou, for example, the army at this time is like a noose around the neck of our army, the more we shrink, the tighter they will be strangled, and in the end, we will suffocate to death."

………… Jinan, the base camp of the army sent a command post to the front.

Lieutenant General Okabe is briefing General Terauchi on the latest progress of the war: "Your Excellency, please see, the strategic deployment of the imperial army has been fully put in place, and the encirclement of the Zhina army on the Xuzhou battlefield has been formed. ”

"Yo Si." The general of the temple nodded, and said, "Okabe-kun, how do you think the Shina army will deal with it next?" ”

Lieutenant General Okabe said: "If the leader of the Zhina, Jiang, is smart enough, then he should order the Zhina army in the Lunan battlefield and the northern Anhui battlefield to hold on to the end, so as to win time for the main force of the Zhina near Xuzhou to break through, in this way, even if the imperial army can completely annihilate the Zhina army in the Xuzhou battlefield, it will also pay a considerable price." ”

After saying this, Lieutenant General Okabe said: "However, according to Chiang's thinking habits, it is unlikely that he will issue such a military order, and he is most likely to order the Zhina army in southern Lunan and northern Anhui to move closer to Xuzhou at the same time. ”

"Yo Si." The general of the temple said happily, "Okabe-kun, I am in the north to see your good news. ”

"Hello." Lieutenant General Okabe bowed his head abruptly and said, "I will never disappoint the expectations of His Excellency the General. ”

………… Xuzhou, Garrison Command.

"Noose? Suffocation? Chairman Jiang said awe-inspiringly, "So ordering a retreat can only be a dead end?" ”

"Yes." Yue Weihan nodded and said, "Retreating can only be a dead end. ”

Chairman Jiang hurriedly said: "Then what should I do?" ”

"Attack!" Yue Weihan tapped the map with the command rod and said murderously, "Retreat can only be a dead end, only active attack may have a glimmer of life!" ”

"Take the initiative?" Chairman Jiang was stunned and said, "Zhongshu, I heard you right, right? ”

More than a month ago, when Chairman Jiang ambitiously proposed to deploy the Battle of Xuzhou and take the initiative to conduct a strategic decisive battle with the Yue army, he was resolutely opposed by Yue Weihan, and at this time, the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and Yue Weihan unexpectedly proposed to take the initiative to attack, what is the reason?

"Take a seat." Yue Weihan said, "Now we must take the initiative!" ”

Chairman Jiang waved his hand and said, "Loyalty, can I listen to your specific deployment?" ”

"Okay." Yue Weihan nodded and said, "This attack is divided into four directions, the Northern Anhui Battlefield, with Yu Xuezhong's 3rd Army as the main force, about seven divisions of troops to attack in the direction of the Sulu border; In the Lunan battlefield, with Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army as the main force, about nine divisions of troops attacked in the direction of the Yimeng Mountains in central Lu; In the Xuzhou battlefield, Li Pinxian's 11th Group Army was the main force, and about eight divisions attacked westward along the Longhai line. ”

"Once the three-way army attacked, although the army would not cause chaos, it was impossible to judge the true intention of our army in a hurry, and while the army had not yet reacted, the remaining 38 divisions and a brigade rushed directly to Mengcheng, defeated the army in front of Mengcheng as quickly as possible, crossed the Dabie Mountain and retreated to Wuhan, and immediately began to deploy the Battle of Wuhan!"

"Good! Very good! Chairman Jiang nodded again and again, and then said, "What about your Baoshan Brigade?" ”

Yue Weihan said solemnly: "Our army's initiative to attack can only confuse the army for a while, once the army in front of Mengcheng is attacked by the main force of our army, the army will soon react, if there is no elite troops stationed in Xuzhou at this time, the main force of the army will quickly go south to reinforce, and the main force of our army is also likely to be surrounded and annihilated by the army in the Mengcheng area." ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "The important task of the commission, after the break, is none other than the Baoshan Brigade!" ”

Chairman Chiang was silent, looking at the entire Fifth Theater, it is true that only the Baoshan Brigade has the confidence to defend Xuzhou, and if other brigades defend Xuzhou, let alone ten days and eight days, they will not be able to hold out for three days, and although Chairman Chiang is reluctant to hold on to the Baoshan Brigade, compared with the dozens of elite divisions in the entire theater, the Baoshan Brigade is insignificant.

"Okay." After a long time, Chairman Jiang said quietly, "Zhongshu, if you have any difficulties, please don't hesitate to mention them." ”

Yue Weihan said: "There are no other requirements, I just hope that I can leave enough weapons, ammunition and food supplies." ”

"Good!" Chairman Jiang nodded and said, "I will definitely instruct the Fifth Theater Commander's Department to leave enough weapons, ammunition and food for the Baoshan Brigade, and in addition, leave two additional regiments for the Baoshan Brigade. ”

"Thank you!" Yue Weihan stood up and saluted, but this time it was from the heart.

These two supplementary regiments are too precious for the Baoshan Brigade, you must know that this is a veteran of a hundred battles, as for the morale problem, it is not a problem for Yue Weihan at all, what he is best at is to stimulate morale, I think the morale of the Northeast and the Sichuan Army was not instigated by him in this way?

………… Liaocheng, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Army.

Tengtian Dazuo strode into Shinozuka Yoshio's office, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright: "Your Excellency General, the Ninth Brigade has occupied Guanxian County, and completely annihilated the two brigades of the regular army of China garrisoning Guanxian plus a local security regiment, and the 21st Brigade has also captured Linxi, completely annihilating the two regiments of the regular army of China garrisoning Linxi. ”

"Yo Si." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka nodded happily and said, "As long as we win three or five more battles, the morale of our 5th Division will be completely restored." ”

Tengtian Dazuo nodded and said, "Your Excellency General, the base camp sent a squad to the front line to command all the latest battle reports?" ”

"Yes." Lieutenant General Shinozuka beckoned, "Tengtianjun, the front-line command post of the base camp has just sent a battle report, and the encirclement of the Xuzhou battlefield has been completely constructed, and the imperial army has been transferred to the counteroffensive from Bengbu, Mengcheng, Yuncheng, Heze, Juxian, Hincheng, Jining and other directions at the same time, and the Zhina army in the Xuzhou battlefield has become a turtle in the urn. ”

"The turtle in the urn?" Tengtian Dazuo shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not necessarily, right?" ”

Lieutenant General Shinozuka changed color slightly: "Tengtian-kun, what new discoveries have you made?" ”

"Yes." Tengtian Dazuo said, "I also just discovered when I checked the map in the morning that there is actually a big flaw in the encirclement built by the imperial army!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Dabie Mountain!" Tengtian Dazuo said, "The staff officers of the front-line command post sent by the base camp are very naïve, they wishfully think that the main force of the Xuzhou battlefield will definitely retreat westward along the Longhai line, but they have not thought that the Zhina army is likely to be willing to seek the near and far, and it is difficult to cross the Dabie Mountains!" ”

"Dabie Mountain!?" Lieutenant General Shinozuka frowned and said, "Will the Shina Army break through from Dabie Mountain?" ”

"It's just that there is a possible surname." Tengtian Dazuo shook his head and said, "If the commander of the branch is clever enough, he should choose to break through from the Dabie Mountain, if the branch army really wants to take this road, the 6th, 101st and 26th divisions in the direction of Mengcheng alone will not be able to stop the main force of the branch in any way." ”

Lieutenant General Shinozuka pondered for a moment and said: "Tengtian-kun, this is something that the staff officers of the front-line command post of the base camp should consider, our task is to attack the Zhina Army on the Pinghan Line and force them to be unable to divide their forces to rescue the Xuzhou battlefield, so we just need to do our own work." ”

"Hello." Tengtian Dazuo suddenly bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency General, I bothered you. ”

(To be continued)