In the thatched war room, Liu Yi was explaining the situation of the enemy and us facing the map: "At present, the 108th Division of the Yue Army originally stationed in Jinan has been stationed in Jining and Zou County, so the total strength of the Yue Army assembled in the Lunan area has exceeded 60,000 people, almost 20 times the strength of our army. ”

Li Yulong, Liu Fengsheng, Niu Dagen and other veterans looked calm and calm when they heard this.

Compared with the original battle of Jiangpu, the difficulties in front of them are indeed nothing, the reading force group can't beat the devil at least can run, as long as you drill into the deep mountains and old forests, the little devil may not be able to catch them even if he dispatches an army of 100,000, but at the beginning in Jiangpu, the Baoshan regiment has no way to retreat, they can only fight hard with the little devil head-on, but in the end, don't they also persevere?

However, the officers who had just joined the Reading Force Regiment and were born in the local armed forces changed their faces one after another.

It's no wonder that before a big scuffle, the local armed forces can make the little devils miserable, the total strength has been sharply reduced from more than 20,000 people at the peak to less than 2,000 now, until now, many people still have palpitations when they mention the devils, and now, the strength of the little devils in the Lunan region has increased to 60,000 again, how can they not panic?

Seeing that the atmosphere in the war room was a little solemn, Yue Weihan suddenly said with relief: "You don't have to worry too much, the total strength of the Yue army in Lunan has indeed increased to 60,000, but this is only temporary, as long as we can hold out for ten days and half a month, the main force of the Yue army will definitely be transferred, and then Lunan will have to be the world of our reading group!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Xin, the staff officer of the machine, suddenly twisted his slender waist and walked in, and immediately stood up and saluted: "Brigade seat, the Ministry of Military Affairs has an urgent report on the war situation!" ”

"Urgent briefing?" Yue Weihan frowned, and then said without raising his head, "Read!" ”

Major Liu Xin immediately opened the folder and read: "Lunan Brigade and Baoshan Brigade: Xue Yue's Corps and Tang Enbo's Corps completely annihilated the 26th Division of the Yue Army on the Pingdingshan front line in the early hours of this morning, and won an unprecedented victory. Ministry of Military Affairs, He Yingqin, June 3, 27th year of the Republic of China. ”

"Pingdingshan victory!?"

"Annihilate the 26th Division of the Army!?"

Li Yulong, Niu Dagen and other officers were immediately excited when they heard this.

"Brigade, it's okay now." Li Yulong even slammed the knot and said, "The little devil suffered a big loss on the battlefield in Wuhan, and most of them will send elite troops from other battlefields to reinforce, if nothing else, Lunan's 108th Division will soon be transferred away, so that the pressure on our reading force group will be greatly reduced." ”

Liu Yi also said excitedly: "Brigade, this is great news for our reading group. ”

Yue Weihan did not have the slightest joy on his face, the victory of Pingdingshan and the total annihilation of the 26th Division of the Yue Army were indeed great news for the Reading Force, but for the Battle of Wuhan and even the more than 100 [***] main divisions gathered in the Wuhan Theater, it may not be a good thing!

Even...... And probably a disaster!

Liu Yi saw that Yue Weihan's mood was not high, and immediately announced to everyone: "Okay, let's discuss it today, and the meeting will be dismissed." ”

The situation of the war has changed significantly, and the Reading Regiment no longer has to think about how to smash the sweep of the 108th Division.

Soon, the officers attending the meeting left one after another, and only Yue Weihan and Liu Yi were left in the war room, Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, but still said to Yue Weihan: "Luzao, you seem to be a little unhappy?" ”

"No, I'm not upset, I'm a little worried." Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "I'm really worried. ”

"Worried?" Liu Yi was stunned and said, "Xue Yue's Corps and Tang Enbo's Corps completely annihilated the 26th Division of the Yue Army in Pingdingshan, and achieved an unprecedented victory second only to the Lunan Victory, which is great news for the entire War of Resistance Against Japan, I believe that the situation in the Battle of Wuhan will also be greatly eased, what do you have to worry about?" ”

"As the saying goes, misfortune and blessing depend on it, and where fortune and misfortune depend." Yue Weihan said worriedly, "I'm worried that Chairman Jiang will swell his confidence again because of the victory at Pingdingshan, and then repeat the mistake of the Battle of Xuzhou!" Although the crisis of the Battle of Xuzhou was resolved by chance, if there is any more mishap this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover. ”

Yue Weihan's concern is very reasonable, because Chairman Chiang often makes such mistakes.

There have been many such examples in the eight-year War of Resistance in history, [***] but if a small-scale victory is achieved, it will definitely be followed by a large-scale rout, followed by the victory of Taierzhuang is followed by the defeat of Xuzhou, the victory of Wanjialing is followed by the fall of Wuhan, and the victory of Kunlun Pass is followed by the defeat of Yuxianggui!

Yue Weihan can turn the tide and bring the officers and men of the Baoshan Battalion out of the strategic jeopardy of the Sixing Warehouse, he can turn the tide and rescue 700,000 refugees in Nanjing, and he can also save the fate of tens of millions of people in more than 40 counties in the Huanghuai region, but it is impossible to change the entire [***] high-level, let alone change Chairman Jiang's mode of thinking!

It is conceivable that after the victory at Pingdingshan, it is very likely that the entire [***] high-level will become blindly optimistic, and Chairman Jiang is only afraid that his confidence will swell again, and if he does not do well, he will use his [***] main force to counterattack the Yue army in a big way, in that case, the [***] main force in the Wuhan theater will be in danger, and the battle of Wuhan may only end in failure.

Liu Yi said awe-inspiringly: "Brigade seat, are you worried that Chairman Jiang will order a counterattack?" ”

If Chairman Chiang really ordered a counterattack on all fronts, it would be really a big trouble!

Although the strength is superior, both the quality of individual soldiers and weapons and equipment are far inferior to the army, with the strong fortifications built in advance, [***] can barely resist the offensive of the army, and occasionally can gather enough superior forces in the local battlefield to fight a few small-scale annihilation battles, just like this Pingdingshan victory.

However, if you counterattack on all fronts, then you must give up the solid national defense fortifications that have been built, which means that you have to fight a field battle with the Yue army, and the field war is the favorite and best combat method of the Yue army.

Yue Weihan said abruptly: "With Chairman Jiang's heart and surname, ** will not leave ten." ”

"What then?" Liu Yi hurriedly said, "Brigade, what should we do now?" ”

"I'm going to go to southern Hebei immediately, it's time to go to southern Hebei." Yue Weihan took a breath and said in a condensed voice, "After arriving in southern Hebei, immediately let all regiments and battalions be rebuilt, and then make trouble for the army as much as possible, so that we can share some pressure for the main force of [***] on the frontal battlefield, and that's all our Baoshan Brigade can do." ”

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Zhengzhou, the front-line command post of the army.

The commander of the Central China Front, General Toshiroku Hata, has flown to Zhengzhou and is calling the commanders and chiefs of staff of the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Armies to hold a review meeting. ”

"Show the enemy weakness and lure the Chinese army to counterattack?" Hata Junroku, "Tengtian-kun, can you tell me the reason?" ”

"Hello." Teng Tianzhi suddenly bowed his head and said, "The 26th Division has just broken jade, and the soldiers of the Chinese Army are in full bloom. The Chinese army has built a large number of strong national fortifications in the southern section of the Pinghan Line and the north bank of the Yangtze River, if the imperial army blindly attacks, the cost will be heavy, if the Chinese army can be lured out of the fortifications, the two armies can fight in the field, then it is just able to give full play to the field advantage of the imperial army, this is the second reason, therefore, I think we should show the enemy to be weak and lure the enemy to field battle. ”

"Yo Si." Shunroku Hata nodded happily and said, "Tengtian-kun, do you think the Shina army will be fooled?" ”

Teng Tianzhi said very confidently: "As long as the imperial army pauses the offensive and pretends to be weak in the follow-up, I believe that the leader of the Zhina, Jiang, will definitely be fooled, he will definitely make a strategic miscalculation, thinking that the time is ripe for a large-scale counterattack, and then he will order all the central [***] teams to launch a counterattack on all fronts!" There is no doubt about it! ”

"Yo Si." General Shunroku Hata said happily, "Order, all armies suspend the offensive." ”

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Yue Jun's abnormal behavior immediately attracted the close attention of the [***] high-level officials.

After receiving the news, Chairman Chiang immediately rushed to the war room of the General Staff Headquarters and urgently consulted with many high-ranking generals who had also rushed to hear the news on the frontline situation.

At this moment, General He was pointing to the simulated sand table with his command pole to introduce the battle situation on the front line to Chairman Chiang: "Based on the reports on the battle situation submitted by various fronts and group armies, it can now be basically determined that the heavy army groups in the direction of Luohe, Zhoukou, and the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains have all stopped their offensives, and some of them are even shrinking and retreating. ”

"Oh?" Chairman Jiang said awe-inspiringly, "The army has stopped the offensive? Is the local shrinkage and retreat? ”

Deputy Chief Bai pursed his lips and said abruptly: "The army is deliberately showing weakness in order to lure our army to take the initiative to attack and engage in a field battle with them, and our army must not rashly counterattack!" ”

Admiral Li also nodded again and again: "Judging from the continuous combat ability shown by the Yue army during the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou, the Yue army on the Wuhan battlefield is far from being exhausted, and several of their heavy army groups can continue to fight for at least two months. ”

Chairman Jiang pondered for a moment and asked Admiral He, "Jingzhi, what do you think?" ”

General He said: "I think that the army should adopt the strategy of retreating as advancing, first take the initiative to shrink, and then launch a new round of offensive after the main divisions and regiments replenish and recuperate. ”

"Respectfully, you and I have come together." Chairman Jiang patted General He on the shoulder and said happily, "The army has always been arrogant, if it weren't for the end of the crossbow, how could they take the initiative to shrink?" Obviously, the army adopted the strategy of retreating as advance, trying to step up replenishment and recuperation, in the hope of the next round of offensive! ”

After saying this, Chairman Chiang said murderously: "We must not give the Yue army any respite, and I order that all theaters, corps, and group armies immediately attack and launch the fiercest counterattack against the Yue army, and strive to restore the whole of Henan within a week, and advance the front to Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, and other provinces!" ”

(To be continued)