"To fight or not to fight? If you want to fight, how? "According to the information transmitted by the special high school, Okamura Ningji has figured out Zhao Zhi's war intentions, Zhao Zhi does not regard Jiaodong as a place to survive, but as a bridgehead and a jumping platform, and the elite troops of China will land in Jiaodong from the sea in a steady stream, and then enter North China from Jiaodong. The special high school has learned that the 74th Army, which Chiang Kai-shek called Huben, has landed in Jiaodong, and believes that with the strength of the 74th Army, they will be ready to attack North China.

Okamura Ningji is not afraid of the 74th Army, in the face of the great superiority of forces, no matter how powerful the 74th Army is, it is not the opponent of the imperial army, Okamura Ningji is worried about Zhao Zhi and Thunder. Zhao Zhi also gathered a large number of troops in Jiaodong, and the troops besieging Dezhou and Binzhou in the early stage were as many as 200,000 people, and now with the help of the US fleet, Zhao Zhi was not allowed to transport more troops from Burma.

The situation in North China seems to have broken away from Okamura Ningji's control, and the Tubalu guerrillas, which have disappeared for more than a month, are showing signs of resurgence, and the information reported by the intelligence officers of the Special High School who are lurking in Shanxi is not very good. The garrison of the Chinese army in Shanxi has not moved at all, and there has been no change in the slightest because of the situation in North China, which should be what Okamura Ninji wants to see the most, but his heart has been restless.

According to Okamura Ninji's understanding of the Nationalist Government, it was impossible for them to transfer the 74th Army from the sea to Jiaodong and turn a blind eye to the Shanxi China Army, which was close at hand. Okamura Ninji believed that the troops stationed in Shanxi must be secretly making some preparations, but he didn't know it yet, and this was what troubled Okamura Ninji, and this feeling of losing control of the situation made him very uncomfortable.

In order to deal with Zhao Zhi who is nested in Jiaodong, he has mobilized more than 200,000 troops to be stationed in Qingzhou and Yishui. Compared with Okamura Ningci, who was stranded in Jinan, Zhao Zhi is now living a leisurely life, Wang Yaowu and his officers are all from serious military academies, Zhao Zhi simply threw the Burmese mercenary troops to Wang Yaowu's command in order to save trouble, and he himself only took care of the mercenaries.

"How?" Like Okamura Ningji, Wang Yaowu and they are also making battle plans, but compared with Okamura Ningji, Wang Yaowu's determination to fight is resolute, the 74th Army was ordered to go north from Yunnan to Jiaodong, and their ultimate task is to enter Shandong to cut off the north-south connection of the Japanese army. But now Okamura Ningji has mobilized heavy troops to encircle the Qingzhou and Yishui lines, and it is difficult for the 74th Army alone to break through the interception line laid by Okamura Ningji.

"I think the plan formulated by Mr. Zhao is good, go north to Dongying in Weifang to make a situation of besieging Binzhou, force Okamura Ningji to disperse his forces to the north to rescue Binzhou, and then the main force will take Zibo directly, and have a decisive battle with Okamura Ningji in Zibo." A staff officer under Wang Yaowu still took a fancy to the battle plan originally formulated by Zhao Zhi. Jiaodong now has not only the troops of the 74th Army, but also more than 200,000 Burmese mercenary troops, as long as Okamura Ningji's forces in Zibo are dispersed, the 74th Army will have a great chance of breaking through Zibo.

"But we can't ignore the Japanese puppet army in Jinan and Laiwu" The map on the table was unfolded, and the officer who retorted tapped the position of Jinan and Laiwu with a baton, "The Japanese army not only deployed heavy troops on the front line of Qingzhou and Yishui, but Jinan and Laiwu were also the focus of their defense. If we go north to Dongying to make a posture of besieging Binzhou, and the Japanese army is not fooled but takes Zhucheng directly from Yishui, then what should we do? Return to the army to support the cities? What should the Japanese puppet army in Zibo do if they take the opportunity to attack Weifang? ”

The map on the table was snatched by the officers who were arguing back and forth, and Wang Yaowu's headquarters was as lively as a vegetable market, except for Zhang Lingpu, who had followed Wang Yaowu to the villa on the south bank to meet Chiang Kai-shek, and never spoke. Zhang Lingpu is Wang Yaowu's favorite general, and he is also a rising star in the army valued by Chiang Kai-shek, after the 74th Army changed its armor, Zhang Lingpu thought that one day he could have a face-to-face battle with the Japanese army, and he was forced to retreat by the Japanese army in Nanjing City.

Zhang Lingpu has seen the battle plan formulated by Zhao Zhi, if it is only a comparison of the strength of the enemy and us, maybe the national army is at a disadvantage, but compared with the combat effectiveness and firepower configuration, Zhang Lingpu is absolutely confident that he will defeat all the Japanese troops fighting against him. "I'm going to train the troops first, how to beat you, just notify me when it's set." Zhang Lingpu, who had a cold face, raised his feet and walked out of the headquarters, but his departure did not calm down the quarrelsome headquarters, saying that he knew that Zhang Lingpu was a stubborn donkey temper, so his departure was not surprising.

"Division Commander Zhang, aren't you 74th Army holding a meeting? Why don't you go to a meeting and come here to fish? Zhao Zhizheng, who had a cigar in his mouth, was leisurely taking Luo Ying to fish on the beach, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Zhang Lingpu also driving a motorcycle and running with the guards to fish. Zhao Zhi has always had a good impression of Zhang Lingpu, especially Zhang Lingpu fought in the Battle of Nanjing, and as a division commander, he often trains and eats with his soldiers, Zhao Zhi likes such a commander very much, because he can always know what his soldiers are doing and thinking.

"They are very noisy, but they can't come up with a real idea, and I can't intervene when I stay there, so I just come out to relax." Zhang Lingpu threw his fishing hook into the sea, took the horse handed by the guards and sat down next to Zhao Zhi. He didn't just come to fish to relax, just to get the specific location of Zhao Zhi's fishing, he used Zhang Lingpu's whole cigarette, if he couldn't get a satisfactory answer from Zhao Zhi today, the whole American cigarette would be lost.

Xu saw Zhang Lingpu's intention, and Zhao Zhi said with a smile, "Is it for the sake of sending troops?" Zhang Lingpu, who was asked, did not answer, but nodded slightly. Your 74th Army shoulders the heavy trust of Chairman Chiang, and it is good to be cautious, Okamura Ningji is not an easy to deal with, and of course it is not okay to rush into battle. Zhang Lingpu didn't explain his intentions, and Zhao Zhi also deliberately kept silent, and the two played each other's wits, but neither mentioned anything substantial.

"Mr. Zhao, in fact, I came here today mainly to seek advice from you." Time passed little by little, and in the end, Zhang Lingpu couldn't help but explain his intention. "You also know what the chairman of the committee is for sending our 74th Army north to Jiaodong, but now Okamura Ningji has mobilized heavy troops to block Jiaodong in a vain attempt to let us return in vain, although Chongqing did not urge us to send troops, but I know the pressure faced by the army commander, I want to trouble Mr. Zhao to give me an idea."

Taking the cigar handed by Luo Ying and putting it in his mouth, Zhao Zhile said, "The way we fight thunderously is different from that of your national army, so the tactics we use may not be applicable to you, although your 74th Army has replaced American-style weapons and equipment, but you can't learn our tactics." "Zhao Zhi's words are good, the 74th Army has always been accustomed to fighting against the Japanese army, but the thunder is mainly based on rush warfare and ambush warfare, and the tactical difference between the two is still very large.

"Mr. Zhao, don't shirk it, although your Thunder is known for its skirmishes, but your Thunder is famous for its example of encircling and annihilating Japanese divisions in Burma, and Zhang admires Mr. Zhao's command ability very much." Seeing that Zhao Zhi intended to shirk, Zhang Lingpu was anxious. Zhang Lingpu has studied all the battle examples of Thunder in his spare time, although the outside world says how the Thunder mercenaries are, but Zhang Lingpu knows that Zhao Zhi is the soul of Thunder, if there is no Zhao Zhi, the Thunder mercenaries will become a second-rate armed force slightly stronger than the guerrillas at most.

"Master Zhang, you are wrong, it's not Zhao who shirks it, this is what your chairman meant." Zhao Zhi motioned for Luo Ying to take a document and hand it to Zhang Lingpu, "I see that you are a good person, so I will show you something, but you must promise not to spread it, otherwise I will be reprimanded by your Chairman Jiang." Zhao Zhi handed Zhang Lingpu an original telegram from the villa on the south bank, the telegram showed that Chiang Kai-shek hoped that Zhao Zhi would not interfere in the follow-up operations of the 74th Army, and let Wang Yaowu command the 74th Army to fight independently.

"Why is this happening? How could the Chairman of the Committee make such an arrangement? Zhang Lingpu read the original telegram twice, but he could not understand the purpose of Chiang Kai-shek's move.

"Can't a warrior like Master Zhang still understand what Chairman Jiang meant?" Zhao Zhi smiled and sketched a rough map of China with his feet on the sand, "This is the territory of China, the place where the circle is drawn is Jiaodong that we now control, in this circle there is your 74th Army, there are also more than 200,000 Burmese mercenaries, and outside the circle is the 200,000 Japanese puppet army troops assembled by Okamura Ningji, this is our current situation." ”

Seeing that Zhang Lingpu nodded with deep sympathy, Zhao Zhi continued, "You may not know that my Burmese mercenaries are simply cannon fodder troops used to fight with the Japanese puppet army, and their Burmese people may be okay to beat the side drums, but if they and the Japanese puppet army are used to fight hard, it may not work, so your 74th Army must act as a vanguard to fight the front station." That's why Chairman Chiang won't let me intervene, because he hopes that your 74th Army will get stronger and stronger in the constant fighting. ”

"I see, I'll go back and arrange my troops." Zhang Lingpu understood what Zhao Zhi meant after a little pondering, and he didn't care about turning over Zhao Zhi's mention, Zhang Lingpu, who was in a hurry, didn't even want his own horse and fishing rod, and took his guards to drive a three-wheeled motorcycle and ran away.