"No need, the devil knows that we have armored troops, so we can't help but take precautions, and besides, after a day of fighting, the soldiers are also tired, let them rest and rest, recuperate, tomorrow's battle will be much more cruel!" Qiao Anbang looked thoughtfully at the vast night sky and said indifferently.

Qiao Anbang has already decided that the 20th Division will be completely eliminated tomorrow, then the devil reinforcements outside the city will definitely attack Suxian like crazy, so tomorrow's battle will be extremely tragic.

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong nodded and muttered.

"General Qiao, what are your plans after encircling and annihilating the 20th Division?" Chi Fengcheng, who was standing on Qiao Anbang's right hand, suddenly asked. After all, at this time, the two strategic groups in the north and south of the army were still flanking, and as a commander, he was very curious about Qiao Anbang's next move.

Qiao Anbang took a few deep breaths and said calmly: "I plan to implement a strategic detour against the North China army, and completely inflict heavy losses on the army that entered the area south of Xuzhou, or even eat them all!" ”

"What? A strategic detour? Eat them all?! Chi Fengcheng was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Forgive Zhen'e for being ignorant, and ask General Qiao to make it clear?!" Qiao Anbang waved his hand at Liang Jiahan, who was standing behind him, and Liang Jiahan stepped forward knowingly, took out a small combat map from his bag and handed it to Qiao Anbang.

Qiao Anbang took the map and squatted down and spread it on the ground, and Chi Fengcheng and Zhang Xudong also hurriedly squatted down. Zhang Xudong even took a flashlight from Liang Jiahan's hand.

After Qiao Anbang spread out the map, Zhang Xudong hurriedly turned on the flashlight to provide illumination.

Qiao Anbang took out a pencil from his jacket pocket and began to work on the map, and after a while, Qiao Anbang had already marked the battle area of the Tiger Ben Army and the two strategic front armies in the north and south of the Yue Army on the map.

Although Qiao Anbang is the commander of an army and commands 100,000 soldiers, the kung fu on the map is really flattering, after all, he is not from a professional military academy and has not received a serious military education.

But fortunately, the areas he sketched were all areas where the battle was going on at this time, and combined with the battlefield situation, Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng could also see it.

However, although the two knew the areas marked by Qiao Anbang, they did not know the significance of his painting of these areas, and the two looked at each other, and finally looked at Qiao Anbang with doubt.

Facing the inquiring eyes of the two, Qiao Anbang smiled and pointed to the area of Xiangcheng, Yongcheng, and Suxian on the map with the pencil in his hand and said, "Look...... In Yongcheng, thanks to the full cooperation of Tang Enbo and other friendly troops withdrawn from Xuzhou, the main force of the Fifth Division of the Jiang Army successfully blocked the 10th Division of the Yue Army on the periphery of Yongcheng, and in Xiangcheng, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming also lived up to expectations, successfully blocking the 5th and 109th Divisions of the main force of the Yue Army on the north bank of the Xinbian River, ensuring the safety of the north gate of northern Anhui. ”

After a pause, Qiao Anbang continued: "As for Su County, everyone knows the situation, so I won't say more. ”

"Hmm." Chi Fengcheng nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Then what's the strategic detour that General Qiao talked about?" ”

Qiao Anbang once again used a pencil as a rod to point from Suxian to Xuzhou on the map, and looked up to explain: "After encircling and annihilating the 20th Division, we are concentrating on defeating the 108th Division with all our strength, and then we will go straight to Xuzhou along the Jinpu Railway!" ”

"Go straight to Xuzhou?" Chi Fengcheng and Zhang Xudong asked in surprise.

"Yes, go straight to Xuzhou, since the army captured Xuzhou, its main force has all gone south and west to pursue our retreating troops, so the garrison of the army in Xuzhou and even the entire Lunan region is very empty, as long as we recapture Xuzhou and cut off the logistics supply line and retreat route of the main force of the North China Army, then our army will definitely be able to win a complete victory in this battle, as long as the main force of the North China Army is heavily damaged or completely annihilated by us, our friendly and neighboring troops in the fifth theater can also take advantage of the situation to launch a strategic counterattack and recapture Shandong."

After speaking, Qiao Anbang pointed the pencil in his hand to the area of Yingzhou and said: "When the main force of the North China Army is defeated by us, the Central China Army in Huainan is bound to retreat without a fight, and then the troops of the southern front of our army will take advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit, if this battle is fought well, we are very likely to recover all the lost territory north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yellow River in one fell swoop, and from then on the war of resistance will enter the stage of strategic stalemate." The army will be mired in the last thing they want to be in the protracted war. There is another sentence, Qiao Anbang did not say, if the war of resistance against Japanese aggression enters the stage of stalemate, within two years, the Tiger Ben army will definitely be able to sweep all the Chinese army in China and recover all the lost territory.

Chi Fengcheng was obviously deeply shocked by Qiao Anbang's series of strategic thoughts, but Chi Fengcheng was worthy of being born in the army, and quickly pointed out several shortcomings that might occur in Qiao Anbang's plan, and said: "General Qiao, Zhen E admires your strategic detour tactics, but Zhen E has a few questions. ”

"General Chi, please speak." Qiao Anbang gestured with a solemn hand.

Chi Fengcheng was not polite, and immediately took over, pointed to the map, and said: "First of all, after the 20th Division is surrounded and annihilated, does the Tiger Army still have the ability to defeat the 108th Division of the Yue Army, you must know that although the combat power of this 108th Division is not as good as the 20th Division, it has not suffered any heavy losses so far, so its strength still exists, and it should not be underestimated!" ”

Qiao Anbang didn't speak, Zhang Xudong on the side smiled indifferently and said: "General Chi is too worried, encircling and annihilating the 20th Division, my Huben Army used an armored tank regiment, a guard regiment, a reading garrison brigade, the most elite main infantry division of our Huben Army, plus all the air forces, of which the First Infantry Division is the starting unit of our military seat. In addition, we are fighting in a base area, and the logistics supply is very convenient, and it is not easy to capture a division and regiment that is incomplete and has no logistics with absolutely superior forces? ”

Qiao Anbang smiled and nodded, Zhang Xudong was very right. Although the 20th Division is called a division, the two main infantry wings of the 39th Infantry Brigade were completely annihilated by the Tiger Ben Army in Suxian and Pheasant and Jiji, which is at best a strengthened mixed brigade.

Under the multiple blows of the Tiger Army's powerful ground-to-air firepower and the pervasive poison gas warfare, it was already dying, so the encirclement and annihilation of the 20th Division was far from enough to exhaust the above-mentioned troops, let alone break their muscles and bones, and greatly damage their vitality.

Seeing Qiao Anbang nodding in agreement, Zhang Xudong continued to talk: "The 108th Division of the Army is slightly inferior in combat power to the 20th Division. When the 20th Division was completely annihilated by our army, it was bound to have a certain impact on the morale and morale of the 108th Division. ”

"At that time, we can also take the initiative to attack from Suxian City, combine with the main forces on the periphery inside and outside, and attack the army from both sides." Chi Fengcheng nodded silently and continued Zhang Xudong's words. Obviously, Zhang Xudong's analysis has completely dispelled Chi Fengcheng's previous doubts.

Qiao Anbang nodded with great satisfaction and continued to ask, "General Chi, do you have any questions?" ”

"There is no doubt, it's just that, General Qiao, once we capture Xuzhou and cut off the back road of the Yue army, the main force of the North China army will inevitably turn back and pounce on our army, and this battle will definitely be another tragic and vicious battle!" Chi Fengcheng's tone was not without a heavy tone.

"War is full of dangers, but for the sake of our country and our compatriots, why are the 100,000 athletes of our Tiger Ben Army afraid of death?" Qiao Anbang said awe-inspiringly.

"Well said, the man wants to repay the country's kindness, and he is loyal to the battlefield when he dies on the battlefield, and the country has such a loving [***] person as Qiao Anbang, how fortunate it is, from now on, on behalf of all the officers and men of the 31st Division, I would like to express my attitude to General Qiao, in this battle, all the officers and soldiers of our division are willing to cooperate sincerely with your department, for the country, for the nation, advance and retreat together, and live and die together! Fight with all your might! Chi Fengcheng was in awe, and said with an awe-inspiring expression.

Qiao Anbang didn't speak, but stood up with a solemn expression and saluted Chi Fengcheng with a standard military salute, and Chi Fengcheng hurriedly saluted back, this is the silent oath and determination of the soldiers, and they know each other.

……………………………… At the same time that the 108th Division was quietly moving, the 5th Division of the Yue Army on the north bank of the Xinbian River also moved.

The night was like ink, there was silence on the north and south banks of the Xinbian River, and on the bridgehead, two Huben army sentries were lying in the bunker to closely observe the situation on the north bank, and suddenly, a soldier seemed to hear the sound of a wave in the river.

"Second child, did you hear that?" The warrior asked his companion next to him.

"Hear what?" Another soldier named Lao Er asked in surprise, his attention was all focused on the bridge just now, and he didn't notice the water under the bridge.

"Listen!" The warrior from earlier listened to the faint voice ahead.

The second child stretched his head out of the bunker, pricked up his ears, and listened attentively forward, and sure enough, he heard some faint and inaudible sound of water waves.

"There is a situation." The second said in a low voice.

"Hmm!" The other soldier nodded, and then said, "Second brother, hurry up and fire the flare!" ”

The second child nodded, quickly pulled out a firing gun, and decisively pulled the trigger at the dark night sky, and a flare suddenly rose into the air with a sharp sound, and once the flare was lifted into the air, it suddenly burst into a dazzling light.

The night was dark, and the time was as bright as day.

By the light of the flares, the two sentries could clearly see that there were hundreds of human heads floating on the surface of the river, which was not breathing.

When a captain and company commander saw the situation on the river, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Enemy attack...!" Quick, fire! ”

(To be continued)