"The commander fainted, come quickly, call the military doctor, call the military doctor." There was a commotion like chickens and dogs in Okamura's headquarters, and after learning the news that Zhangqiu had been devastatedly bombed by the Thunder Fighter Force, the corners of Okamura Ninji's eyes twitched uncontrollably, and then the whole person fell straight on the floor unconscious like a wooden stake. Okamura Ningji fainted, this is a big event, almost all the senior officers in the Japanese army in Jinan gathered in the hospital where Okamura Ningji was treated, and such a big movement naturally could not hide the intelligence officers of the military commander lurking in Jinan.

"Okay, okay, Okamura Ningji, the old bastard, fainted in his headquarters, and the military commander said that two hours had passed when the telegram was sent, and he hadn't heard of Okamura Ningji's awakening, and it would be great if he could be angry with this old bastard." Wang Yaowu laughed with a red face, and the telegram paper in his hand was also shaken by him and was about to break into strips. At first, he heard Zhao Zhi say that he was going to drive Okamura Ningji crazy, Wang Yaowu thought it was a means for Zhao Zhi to relieve pressure, but he didn't expect that this would really make Okamura Ningji faint and go to the hospital.

"Let's not be happy yet, Okamura Ninji just fainted, I guess his life is not in danger, it may be due to other reasons to faint." Zhao Zhi would not take the initiative to attribute the credit for Okamura Ningji's fainting to himself, if he was really known by the government, he might say that he was pretending to be a god and playing tricks. Although Zhao Zhi didn't care much about his reputation, he didn't dare to ask for such a reputation.

"Boyuan, don't be modest, the military commander's intelligence has all said that Okamura Ningji fainted after learning that the Zhangqiu defenders were bombed, this is not your credit, too modesty is fake." Wang Yaowu was already drafting a front-line war report to Chiang Kai-shek, and the sneak attack on Zhangqiu was originally a small operation, but who would have thought that the next day after a night of rain would be a very sunny day for flying. Zhao Zhi, who seized the opportunity, immediately ordered the thunderous fighter troops to take to the air to bomb Zhangqiu, although the escort fighters were shot down by the Japanese fighter formation, but Zhangqiu had already become a sea of fire.

The military commander also has intelligence officers lurking in Zhangqiu, and the intelligence has been fed back, and there are not many civilians who were really killed or injured in the bombing, and the casualties of the people in Zhangqiu are mainly caused by the panic of the people after the bombing, and there are also some imperial troops and ruffians who take advantage of the fire to rob. "That's good" crumpled the telegram in his hand into a paper ball, Zhao Zhi just responded lightly, the casualties of the people of Zhangqiu did not exceed 1,000, this is already the best answer, and Zhao Zhi's hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

Hurting the innocent does not exist here in Zhao Zhi, in order to achieve the goal of the war, there will inevitably be sacrifices, long before Zhao Zhi locked his eyes on Jiaodong, the guerrillas under his control had already advised those people to retreat to remote places through various channels. The purpose of the war is to drive the Japanese army out of China, Zhao Zhi can't give up the good situation for some people who can't turn their brains and just think about guarding their ancestral industry, if Zhao Zhi gives up the continuous attack on the Japanese puppet army in Shandong for them, then he is sorry for the 74th Army gathered in Jiaodong and the 300,000 reserve army in Liaocheng.

"It's not time for us to stop, taking advantage of Okamura Ningji fainting and entering the hospital, we have to increase the intensity of the attack around Jinan, and strive to completely admit Okamura Ningji to the hospital." The map has already been densely marked by Zhao Zhi with a lot of circles, these are the targets of the next few days, especially Laiwu was drawn by Zhao Zhi in a red circle.

"Boyuan, do you want to fight Laiwu? We don't have enough troops. "The inner line of the military command lurking in the Japanese army headquarters in Jinan has sent out information, saying that Okamura Ningji has sent troops to attack Zhucheng. The troops of the 74th Army are all deployed in Binzhou and Dezhou to find opportunities to clear out the Japanese puppet army troops, and now they are only tens of thousands of Burmese troops under Zhao Zhi's command stationed in Zhucheng.

"Laiwu is just a small place, I don't need too many troops, and besides, I don't have much interest in Laiwu, I just want to put more pressure on Okamura Ningji, or I will drive that old boy crazy." There were too many people around, Zhao Zhi did not tell the truth to Wang Yaowu, in fact, at the same time as he spread out this map, the 20,000 Burmese troops from Zhucheng had already moved west to Shagou Town between Zhucheng and Laiwu to set up defenses. Shagou Town is very close to Yishui, Zhao Zhi plans to put the battlefield against the Japanese puppet army in Gaoqiao Town between Shagou Town and Yishui, and Wulian County to the south of Zhucheng has been captured by Burmese troops.

"This is our goal" Zhao Zhi's finger pointed at the positions of Xingtai and Hengshui, both of which were deliberately left to the Japanese army when Zhao Zhi was shrinking his forces, and Zhao Zhi had arranged a large number of guerrilla forces in these two places to lurk and stand by. "We have internal responses in Xingtai and Hengshui, Xingtai is handed over to our troops in Handan to fight, and Hengshui is attacked by your 58th Division. As long as these two places are recaptured by us, Okamura Ningji can only choose to lead the team south, otherwise after we take Laiwu and Tai'an, Okamura Ningji will be a dead fish. ”

What Zhao Zhi said was not a big deal, the 300,000 reserve army was in Liaocheng, and the Jewish troops under Zhao Zhi who landed in Jiaodong by sea and land had more than 20,000 people, and it was not a problem to take Tai'an and Laiwu with these forces, Zhao Zhi was already planning to fight to the death with Okamura Ningji. "The 200,000 Burmese troops from the north of Burma have rushed to Yangquan to recuperate, so that the number of troops we can mobilize will reach more than 700,000, plus the strategy of several theater troops of your national army, I plan to fight a few hard-fought battles with Okamura Ningji, and strive to consume part of Okamura Ningji's troops, which is enough to break the bones of the Japanese army."

Zhao Zhi's idea of fighting a big battle made the officers in the command in the command come to their senses, but Zhao Zhi's next words seemed to pour cold water on their heads, "Our tactical arrangement in the next stage is still the same, how to fight is your own business, the command does not interfere, only one thing must be firmly remembered, the Burmese troops are mainly supplemented by you." Your task is to take advantage of the entanglement between the Japanese puppet army and the Burmese troops, and defeat them with strength, instead of asking you to take your troops to fight hard with the Japanese army, and learn to use your brains more to reduce your own casualties. ”

Zhao Zhi wanted to consume the Japanese army's strength instead of his own troops, if the commanders of the participating troops were like Zhang Lingpu, people would go crazy as soon as they fought, I am afraid that the 74th Army, which had been redressed with American weapons, would be surrounded by the Japanese army without even touching the edge of Jinan. The 74th Army recruited 100,000 reserve troops in Jiaodong, but after this period of intense training, only 50,000 people could stay in the training camp in the end, and these 50,000 people were the supplementary soldiers of the 74th Army.

"The original plan to besiege Dezhou and Binzhou remains unchanged, and I will transfer some more Burmese troops from Jiaodong to help, so that your 74th Army can send more troops to encircle and suppress the Japanese puppet army troops in the surrounding areas of Dezhou and Binzhou. You must remember our principle, only kill the Japanese and not the Chinese, the troops of the Imperial Allied Army in Shandong are not small, if you can persuade them to surrender the best, at least we can save a lot of our ammunition consumption. ”

"Okay, that's the order, let's do it." Zhao Zhi got up and left, leaving Wang Yaowu and their eyes wide open. Although the 74th Army has been reequipped with all the American weapons and equipment, they are still subordinate to the national army, especially Wang Yaowu and other officers are used to the set of things in the national army's meetings, and they are used to procrastination during meetings. This was the first time Zhao Zhi organized a joint meeting between Thunder and the 74th Army, but he didn't expect Zhao Zhi to end the meeting with only a few words, and Wang Yaowu could only smile bitterly at this.

"Okay, I heard Mr. Zhao's order just now, right? If you hear it clearly, let's seize the time to act, and whether our 74th Army can gain a foothold in Shandong depends on that this time. Although the 74th Army was regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as a descendant of the tiger, Wang Yaowu was also a high-minded and arrogant person, and if he wanted to play the prestige of the 74th Army in the national army, this battle was the best opportunity, as long as the 74th Army could withstand the battle with the Japanese puppet army led by Okamura Ningji, the matter of the 74th Army being upgraded to a group army would become a foregone conclusion.

According to Zhao Zhi's order, all units of the 74th Army were dispatched, and Wang Yaowu even sent more than 10,000 reserve reinforcements in the training camp to receive actual combat training. Zhao Zhicai didn't care how many training recruits Wang Yaowu had transferred, anyway, those Jiaodong recruits were prepared for the 74th Army, even if Wang Yaowu pulled them out, Zhao Zhi would pretend to turn a blind eye.

"The national army has fought back" This is the most discussed topic of the people of Shandong these days, first Jiaodong was recovered by the national army, and then Zibo, and now even Dezhou and Binzhou are surrounded by the national army, look at this posture, the whole Shandong will sooner or later be recovered by the national army like Shanxi, and the good life of the Japanese is about to end. Together with the 74th Army, there were more than 100 local anti-Japanese armed forces in Shandong, and Zhao Zhi wanted to use them to arouse the hearts of the people in Shandong to resist the war.

The 74th Army's plan to attack on the whole front had been drawn up a long time ago, and the whole process from Zhao Zhi's announcement of the order to Wang Yaowu's departure from Zibo with the remaining troops was less than two hours, and at this time, Okamura Ningji, who was lying in the Japanese military hospital in Jinan, had just woken up. "Immediately notify those idiots in the special high school and ask them to send someone to investigate the movements of the Jiaodong China Army, I want to know every move of the Jiaodong China Army." The first thing Okamura Ningji, who was still groggy in his head, did when he woke up was to order the special high school to do intelligence gathering, but he didn't know that the 74th Army, which he was concerned about, had already made a move.