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

"Report!"

"Come in!" Li Delin has been in a good mood these days, Leng Feng has given him a lot of surprises, and the strength of the Fifth War Zone has been enhanced unconsciously.

Although Leng Feng sells weapons semi-openly, he still buys those miscellaneous troops, but when the weapons are in the hands of these people, what increases is the ****'s own strength.

This is very beneficial for the upcoming battle.

What he didn't expect was that Leng Feng was already moving, and in such a short time, he established a stronghold in Weishan Lake, and also got the information of the Japanese secret surveying and mapping.

The secret mapping team of the Japanese actually operated underground under their own eyes and noses, and the spy team of the Governor's Department did not have any information at all.

While feeling fortunate, he called several leaders of the spy team to him and gave him a severe lecture.

Why did others easily go out and get such top-secret information, and they also dug up an intelligence team of the Japanese in Lincheng.

What about the spy team of the Commander's Department, in addition to catching the Japanese plainclothes team, what outstanding achievements does it have?

The latest surveying and mapping maps of the Japanese are also extremely useful for the Fifth Theater of Operations, and the Japanese are typical of doing things conscientiously, and many details have been marked on the map, while the Chinese side has limited level, limited funds, and is not serious in doing things.

When Li Delin received this news, it was a big thunderbolt, and if he hadn't been afraid of leaking secrets, he would have arrested all these people in the rear who were engaged in military maps and thrown them into prison.

If there is a problem with the military map, it will not be one or two people who will die, but a serious one will lose a battle, and hundreds of people will die.

There are too many examples of battles that were lost because of errors in the map, and there were no roads marked with roads, and as a result, the troops rushed over, couldn't go, and then detoured in turn, and the time was delayed, and the soldiers' physical strength was exhausted, and finally they didn't catch up according to the specified time, and the battle was over.

If there is a river, mark it as no river......

There is also the difference between spring and summer, the flood season and the dry season, all of which are subject to change, and if there is a slight mistake, the commander does not take into account it, it will be a big problem.

Why did the Japanese send a survey team to sneak in quietly before the war to re-mark and map some important places?

They know that they are not familiar with this land, once entered, the importance of the map is self-evident, they are careful about everything, the terrain can be artificially changed, so the previous map may not be able to be used directly, and we, relying on ourselves are the masters of this land, this is all right?

On this point, Li Delin felt that he was derelict in his duties, he didn't take into account such an important matter, and now he has to be grateful to Leng Feng.

Leng Feng's information simply saves him from working in this area, of course, the Japanese map also needs to be verified, and it cannot be easily believed.

It is not difficult to print these maps and verify them.

"Report to Chief Li, our intelligence officers on the periphery of Zou County replied that yesterday at noon, the Japanese military police suddenly went to the street and blocked the left and right entrances and exits of Zou County, as if something serious had happened, but after a few hours, martial law was suddenly lifted, and this situation was very strange, so they immediately reported it." He Yizhi, head of the first group of the spy group directly under the Chief's Department, reported.

"But the Japanese army has moved?"

"It's not quite like it, there were no Japanese troops entering Zou City yesterday, and no big people came, the military and police went to the street as if they were looking for someone, and as for the sudden withdrawal later, it is estimated that they have found it." He Yizhi, "I felt strange about my humble position, so I reported it immediately." ”

"Well, pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army in Zoucheng, and report as soon as there is news." Li Delin ordered.

"Yes!"

"Sir Li, I just received a secret message from the eagle." Confidential secretary Huang Xuecun knocked on the door and came in.

Li Deling took it, just glanced at it slightly, and showed a hint of shock: "He Yizhi reported just now, the Japanese army in Zou Cheng suddenly imposed martial law yesterday, and now it seems that the reason has been found." ”

"What?" Huang Xuecun was a little puzzled, how could he see another thing from such a telegram?

"Geng Guangci's eldest son stayed in Teng County for three days, although there were telegrams coming and going every day, but only in these three days, there was no news from Master Leng, I didn't feel anything at first, after all, Vice Minister Geng Guang was the chief official this time, but now I understand, Master Leng was not in Teng County for the past three days, he went to Zoucheng!"

"What, Senior Commander Leng went to Zou Cheng?"

"They only left Teng County this morning, counting the time, if yesterday they were Zou Cheng who left yesterday morning, this is completely possible." Li Delin analyzed.

"What did Senior Commander Leng do to make the Japanese make such a big move?"

"I don't know the specifics yet, but I speculate that it should be related to their actions on Weishan Island, those surveying and mapping equipment and maps ......" Li Delin's mind flashed, and suddenly he seemed to have caught something.

"I understand, this Leng Guoguang is so scheming!" Li Delin shouted.

Huang Xuecun listened in confusion on the side, his expression was dazed, and he didn't know what his head official was talking about.

"Don't tell anyone about this." Li Delin immediately warned Huang Xuecun that he didn't know exactly what Leng Feng had done, anyway, he was already safe on the way back, and he would know sooner or later.

Leng Feng did all the things that hurt the Japanese devils, and he, Li Delin, would support him to the end.

As for Leng Feng's failure to ask for instructions and not to report, it is understandable, after all, this matter is too confidential, unlike marching and fighting, he can distinguish the priorities inside.

At least Leng Feng did not hide the matter of Zhang Mazidao and Weishan Island, which shows that Leng Feng still trusts him, Chief Li, in his heart.

"Understood!"

"Go and do something, over there in Xiaolou, vigilance should be increased." Li Delin commanded.

Leng Feng is still in Xuzhou on the surface, and Japanese espionage activities in the city have been very frequent in the past two days, and the Xuzhou Garrison Command has cracked several cases of attacks on Xiaolou.

The Japanese obviously wanted to get rid of the great enemy of the "cold front".

Of course, Li Delin didn't know that on Mingguang's side, under Leng Feng's instructions, Zhang Fengxiang secretly contacted the Japanese army and exchanged the imprisoned Japanese nationals for a large amount of medicine and first-aid supplies.

Even if Leng Feng knew that the Japanese were secretly planning to attack Xiaolou, he would not have ordered Zhang Fengxiang to stop making this kind of exchange with the Japanese army, how many wounded soldiers could be exchanged for the medicine in exchange, and the attack on him was insignificant at all, and the hostile relationship between the two sides would not change at all.

Of course, such a private exchange has a certain political risk and will be misunderstood, but Leng Feng will not care about this, as long as he can save the lives of more subordinates, it doesn't matter if he has some misunderstandings on his back, time will tell.

With Leng Feng's ability to get two cars, it is still very easy, of course, this is not stealing, it can only be said to be "buying" in disguise.

They left the mule cart behind, and a sum of money, enough to buy two cars.

It is easy to get lost when it is dark to travel, which is difficult for ordinary people, for well-trained soldiers, as long as they are not in the deep mountains and old forests.

Walking along the road, as long as you are in the right direction, how can you get lost.

In order to be in a hurry, they can rest in the car, and then they will drive in turns, which greatly increases the degree of return.

After Yi County, the smell of gunsmoke can already be smelled in the air.

Leng Feng and they encountered the inspection, however, there was a pass, they all passed smoothly, Li Delin had given an order to the troops in the Fifth War Zone in advance, and the checkpoint had already received a notice, so naturally he would not be embarrassed.

However, their whereabouts were also quickly reported to the Fifth Theater Commander's Department.

When I passed by Lancheng, it was already dark.

Eat a hot meal in Lancheng and continue on your way.

At nine o'clock in the morning, we arrived at Taierzhuang.

A few days ago, the military meeting decided that Zhang Xinchen's 59th Army would garrison the front line of Linyi and Juxian, but Zhang's troops were still in Huaibei and were on their way to Juxian, and Juxian and Linyi were stationed with a regiment of local security, Shen Honglie's 6th Naval Squadron, and a so-called guerrilla unit.

To the south of Linyi is Taierzhuang, which is the gateway to the northeast of Xuzhou.

Taierzhuang is more than 70 miles away from Xuzhou, located on the north bank of the Grand Canal, and was built in the Ming Dynasty.

Surrounded by a thick wall, there are six gates.

As soon as the Ming and Qing dynasties came, the water 6 here had convenient transportation and prosperous commerce, but it was still a little-known ordinary small town, no different from an ordinary county seat.

But now, its geographical location has been highlighted, because, in the next battle of Xuzhou, it will become the focus of contention between the two major armies of China and Japan.

To the west and south of Taierzhuang is the canal, to the west, the Grand Canal directly connects Hanzhuang, to the south, the canal connects Jiangsu, the northwest, the railway circulation lane Zaozhuang, although it is a branch line, it can directly lead to Jinpu, northeast, a highway leads directly to Linyi, extending to Weifang and Qingdao. Such a road, rail, and water transportation hub will inevitably be a gathering of businessmen economically, and will inevitably become the focus of contention militarily.

It seems to be quiet now, and the more than 1,000 households in the city have not yet sensed that war is near.

The city wall of Taierzhuang is made of bricks and stones, there are coal mines nearby, and there is a coking plant outside the city, which seems to be a vibrant place, there are many local stones, and the common people not only use them to pave the road, but also like to stack stone walls, and the streets paved with bluestone slabs are not wide, and there is no problem for one-way cars to pass.

This is a small stone city, although it is not big, but it is very strong, it can be made into a military fortress, this is in the era of cold weapons, such a small city, even if it has the disadvantage of "fighting against the water", it is not easy to attack, unless the commander and soldiers are too incompetent.

"Kunimitsu, what do you think?"

"Taierzhuang is not easy to defend, even if there are troops, they can't be opened, this small city can put at most one regiment, but one regiment can't withstand the Japanese army's aircraft and artillery." Leng Feng thought for a while and said, "From Zaozhuang to Yixian and then to Taierzhuang, it is all a flat river, suitable for the movement of mechanized corps, if I am the Japanese army, I will definitely choose to attack Xuzhou from Taierzhuang in a roundabout way, I can be sure that the final battlefield is in the area north of the canal and south of the Linzao railway line." ”

"If Taierzhuang is handed over to you, how will you keep it?" Yang Jie gave Leng Feng a problem, in fact, before this, Li Delin also had such considerations.

If the principle of defensive operations is followed, the terrain of Heyang in Taierzhuang should abandon the defense of the city and turn to the south bank of the canal to be armed, relying on the canal barrier, the Japanese army can be blocked on the north bank.

But the south bank of the canal is a flat river, there is no danger to defend, once the Japanese army breaks through, the east gate of Xuzhou is opened, the entire front will be shaken by the whole line, all, Taierzhuang must be defended.

"If time permits, I will dig a large number of trenches on the periphery of Taierzhuang, use camouflage on them, build underground fire bunkers, and lay anti-tank mines, as many as I want."

"What about specific battles?"

"The Japanese army has always been arrogant, you can take advantage of this, first give him a head-on attack, if you can knock out their tank cluster, then the defensive operation below is much easier, the specific situation, but also the specific analysis, this is not easy to fight." Leng Feng said, "It would be nice if we had anti-tank weapons." ”

"I heard that when you were in Nanjing, you knew an anti-tank weapon, what is it called******?"

"That's a dirt way to do it, and if there are flat-fire guns and anti-tank guns, who will use ******?" Leng Feng sighed, "This is that person's life is fighting." ”

"At least it works?"

"If the Japanese tanks and infantry charge together, the ****** will not be of much use, and if it is a street fight, it may have a better damage effect." Leng Feng said.

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