"More than half of the casualties of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment are being killed, do you want to withdraw and recuperate?"

"No, let them rest on the spot, replenish their weapons and ammunition, and use them as reserves if necessary."

"Understood!"

"It has been ascertained that the Japanese wing that exchanged fire with our reconnaissance company was the 13th Wing of the 103rd Brigade of the 65th Division.

"The 103rd Brigade, is the brigade commander Yamada Meiji, who slaughtered tens of thousands of my **** soldiers in Nanjing Shogunate Mountain?" Leng Feng looked up.

"That's right, it's him."

"This murderous maniac must not be spared this time." Qiu Qingquan said angrily, among the tens of thousands of **** soldiers who were slaughtered in Shogunate Mountain, many of them were officers and soldiers of the teaching corps.

"Send a telegram to Chief Li of the Commander's Department of the Fifth Theater of Operations in Xuzhou, and ask him if he plans to eat the 13th Division, or just want to stabilize the battle situation on the southern front of the Huaihe River and inflict heavy losses on the 13th Division?"

"Does it make a difference?"

"Of course there is, if Chief Li wants to eat the 13th Division, then our current style of play is conservative, if Chief Li just wants to stabilize the southern front and does not mean to eat the 13th Division, then we can only follow his idea to fight." Leng Feng stared at the sand table tightly and said.

"Well, what you said makes sense, now the Japanese army in Jiangbei is insufficient, and there are also difficulties in the supply of ammunition and materials, this time is the best fighter to eat it, but we don't have so much strength in our hands, if we forcibly attack, I'm afraid it will be made into a pot of raw rice, and when the time comes, you can't eat it, and you can't spit it out. Dilemma. Qiu Qingquan nodded.

"I want to withdraw the 37th Brigade from Dongge and Xige Town."

"That's only the strength of one brigade of the 40th brigade. Can it hold off the attack of a wing of the Japanese army? Qiu Qingquan shook his head slightly.

"I believe in the abilities of Wu Xinhua and Liang Dong. Besides, we don't lack anything now, and his brigade has more than 7,000 people, which is twice the size of the Japanese army, and it may be difficult to eat up a wing of Japanese troops, and it should not be a big problem to block the Japanese army in Dongge and Xige Town. Leng Feng said.

"What are your plans to withdraw the 37th Brigade?"

"Raid Liuhe!" Leng Feng's fingers lightly touched the position of the six on the sand table.

"The location of Liuhe is very important, it extends in all directions, if the Japanese army reinforces the Japanese army from Yangzhou. Liuhe is the nearest road, you can go north to Tianchang, Xuyi, go south to Pukou, occupy Liuhe, it is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the Japanese army in Chuxian, so we are equivalent to blocking the three retreat routes of the Japanese army. Leng Feng gestured.

"Well, it makes sense, blocking the retreat of the Japanese army will create favorable conditions for the elimination of the 13th Division of the Japanese army." Qiu Qingquan nodded.

"Now I'll wait for Chief Li's reply, if he dares to gamble with us once. Then we'll go crazy with him once, if he doesn't dare to gamble. Then there is no need for us to risk occupying Liuhe, which will lead to a frantic counterattack by the Japanese army! Leng Feng let out a long sigh of relief.

Leng Feng has been thinking about this problem since he set foot in Pukou, and the current situation has changed differently from history, the Japanese army on the northern front should still advance towards the historical trajectory, but the Japanese army on the southern front is different.

After two battles to defend Nanjing, the losses of the Japanese army on the southern front far exceeded the historical situation, not to mention the addition of a force of nearly 30,000 people such as the National Salvation Division.

For the Fifth Theater, the pressure from the northern front was great, but the southern front was far less stressful than it was in history.

The original Wuhan Command planned to fight a battle with the Japanese army in the Xuzhou area, delaying the time for the Japanese army to attack Wuhan, and achieving the purpose of exchanging space for time.

The Wuhan Command was pessimistic about the final outcome of the battle with the Japanese army in Xuzhou, that is, even if Xuzhou was finished, it would eventually be lost.

Of course, this judgment is correct.

If Japan fails to achieve its goal in launching this war of aggression, it will not give up easily, not to mention that Japan's war potential has only been unleashed little by little.

Therefore, even if they fail partially, they will still advance towards the set goal, the difference is that sooner or later.

Then, Leng Feng did not consider the gains and losses of one city and one place, and his goal was always only one, to consume the Japanese army's vital force, and to consume its vital force was equivalent to consuming its war potential.

A person's potential is theoretically unlimited, but there is a limit to his willpower, and so does the state.

Xuzhou, the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations.

"Commander Li, 105th Division Leng Feng telegram." Huang Xuecun knocked on the door of Li Delin's office, walked in, and handed over a telegram to report.

"Wait a minute, I'll finish a few words." Li Delin commanded.

"Yes!"

About two or three minutes later, Li Delin called the guard: "Send this to the Xuzhou General Chamber of Commerce, and say ......."

"Snow Village, telegram?"

"Yes, Chief Li." Huang Xuecun took out the telegram again and handed it over.

Li Delin glanced at the content of the telegram, showed a slight shock, and stood up involuntarily: "Xuecun, have anyone else read this telegram?" ”

"No, you have ordered, the telegram from the 105th Division will be delivered to you directly, without going through the adjutant's office and the attendant's room." Huang Xuecun explained.

"Well, I see, don't mention the contents of this telegram to anyone, go ahead, I want to think about it alone, don't let people disturb me." Li Delin nodded, and commanded with a solemn face.

"Yes, Chief Li!"

Li Delin held the telegram in his hand, walked back and forth in the study for more than ten circles, and when he saw the confidential line on the table, he wanted to pick it up several times, but then retracted it.

His heart was already turbulent, and Leng Feng's telegram had too much impact on him, and at this moment when the whole country was afraid of the Japanese like a tiger, someone actually said that he wanted to eat a division of the Japanese army without care.

This is a standing division of the Japanese army, it is not a squadron or a brigade of the Japanese army, which is simply impossible in the eyes of many people.

How big is the gap between the Japanese army and the ****, just look at the battles in North China, Songhu and Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of **** can't beat tens of thousands of Japanese troops. It's often a one-touch collapse. How can it not be deplored?

He really wanted to fight a battle on the southern front of the Jinpu Road, and the goal was only to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army and achieve the goal of holding the two armies together, as long as the Japanese army on the southern front could not go north to aid the Japanese army in North China, this would be enough.

But Leng Feng's ambition is even greater, he not only wants to fight on the southern front, but also eats the 13th Division of the Japanese army, I really don't know that he is arrogant and ignorant. Or do you really have the strength?

Could it be that just by virtue of that little record in Nanjing, do you really think that you have conquered the world?

Too young!

Too young!

Still too young!

Li Delin picked up the message again, read it carefully over and over again, and couldn't help but have the urge to scold his mother, how should he reply to this message? If he didn't agree with Leng Feng's idea, then wouldn't he be the leader of the Gui faction, the general of the battlefield who was looked down upon by a junior, and feared the enemy like this?

But if you really want to eat the 13th Division, you still need to deal with the Japanese army on the northern front with just the little strength in your own hands. The mess that Han Xiangfang left behind hasn't been cleaned up yet.

What's more, his fifth theater is very short of soldiers and generals. In order to transfer troops, his hair has turned gray several times, and to eat the 13th Division, in his opinion, he needs to concentrate at least 150,000 troops to do it.

However, the total number of troops on his hand is less than 200,000, and most of them are miscellaneous cards, and there is no way to control the combat effectiveness at all.

Maintaining the current situation is already exhausting, you must know that he is determined to fight a battle on the southern front of Jinpu Road, that is also the need of the war situation, the fifth theater cannot fight on two fronts, then the situation will become complicated and uncontrollable.

He wants to find someone to discuss now, and the most suitable person is naturally Xiao Zhuge Bai Jiansheng, but he is in Wuhan, and he can't say a word or two on the phone, maybe even this secret line is not safe.

Of course, if you want to fight this battle, you must inform Lao Jiang, otherwise this is your own thing, but before forming a decision, he doesn't know about it like Lao Jiang.

Leng Feng is indeed bold, his appetite is not small, he has the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and he can't help but feel a trace of admiration when he dares to say something to an entire division of the Japanese army.

Li Delin was indecided, and the Wuhan Command was also holding a secret military meeting on the southern front of Jinpu Road.

Such high-level meetings were not attended by many people, mainly the Minister of Military Affairs, the Deputy Chief, the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chiefs of Staff, plus the Director of Education and Training.

The content of the meeting is naturally unknown to the outside world, but the news revealed is that it is very controversial.

Regarding the plan of the battle on the southern line of Jinpu Road, Lao Jiang also prefers to be steady, and He Jingzhi, who is very familiar with Lao Jiang's thoughts, naturally has the same heart as Lao Jiang, but the deputy minister Chen Cixiu is opposed, and the **** on the southern line of Jinpu Road has an advantage, and it can be fought, and if it is fought, the situation of the Battle of Xuzhou will be much clearer.

Bai Jiansheng supported Chen Cixiu at the meeting, and it was obvious that fighting a battle on the southern front of Jinpu Road would be beneficial to the Fifth War Zone.

The two sides argued endlessly, but there was one thing they couldn't avoid, that is, the arrangement of the National Salvation Division, which was in Pukou and was facing a flank attack by the Japanese army, whether to withdraw or fight, which was undoubtedly placed in front of these bigwigs.

Withdraw, it will not be possible to withdraw at all at once, but the National Salvation Division can withdraw, but what about the hundreds of thousands of people, once they fall into the hands of the Japanese army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Fight, how to fight?

He Jingzhi's strategy was to fight and withdraw at the same time, although the Japanese army was strong, but after all, there were not many troops, and the National Salvation Division could completely open a safe passage to protect the people from moving in the direction of western Anhui and Henan, and the sooner the better.

But the problem is that with so many people, it must be extremely difficult to move, and there are not enough means of transportation, and the express delivery is as slow as a snail.

Chen Cixiu and Bai Jiansheng believed that only by hurting the Japanese army and making them dare not act rashly could they move safely, not to mention that the current battle situation on the southern front of Jingpu Road was favorable to the Chinese side, and it would be a pity not to fight.

He Jingzhi asked rhetorically, the southern line of Jinpu Road has lost a large number of cities one after another, and whether it has the ability to fight a counterattack with the Japanese army, in case of loss, the situation of the war will have unpredictable changes, once the Japanese army quickly opens up the Jinpu Road, they will march west along the Longhai Road and invade Wuhan in the south.

The time for the battle of Wuhan is not yet ripe, and if it starts, it will be more losses and fewer wins, who will bear this responsibility?

Li Delin did not call Bai Jiansheng, but waited for Bai Jiansheng to call him from Wuhan to make a confidential call.

(To be continued.) )