Suburbs of Xuzhou, Baoshan Brigade Department.

As soon as Yue Weihan jumped out of the jeep, Liu Yi and more than a dozen battalion commanders rushed up to greet him, and the news of Chairman Chiang's visit to Xuzhou had already spread among the officers and men of the entire Baoshan Brigade, and everyone knew that Chairman Chiang's visit must have come to issue a commendation order, and the Baoshan Brigade was the first meritorious service, and it would definitely receive a heavy reward.

"Brigade ......" Liu Yi greeted Yue Weihan, and when he just wanted to speak, Yue Weihan walked directly past him.

From beginning to end, Yue Weihan didn't even squint his eyes, as if Liu Yi and the dozen or so battalion commanders didn't exist at all, Liu Yi noticed that Yue Weihan's face was gloomy and terrifying, and when he looked back at Chu Zhongtian and Tang Dashan, both of them smiled helplessly at Liu Yi, and they didn't know what was going on?

More than a dozen regimental and battalion commanders headed by Cao Xinglong and Chi Chengfeng also looked at each other.

Niu Dagen originally prepared a firecracker, but seeing Yue Weihan's face, he would never dare to set off firecrackers, although the brigade seat is usually very easy-going with everyone, but if he really touches his bad head, it will be unlucky.

More than a dozen people watched Yue Weihan walk into the war room with a gloomy face, but they didn't dare to follow.

Liu Yi hurriedly signaled everyone to disperse, and then followed into the war room, only to see Yue Weihan standing in front of the map, holding a compass to draw a circle on the map, Liu Yi stepped forward to take a look, only to see that Yue Weihan had drawn two large circles on the map, one with Frog Port as the center, and the other with Xuzhou as the center.

"Brigade." Liu Yi asked cautiously, "I've seen the commission." ”

"Hmm." Yue Weihan nodded expressionlessly and said, "See." ”

"Then ......" Liu Yi saw that Yue Weihan didn't mean to be angry, and said, "The award order has been issued?" ”

"Hmm." Yue Weihan said absentmindedly, "The entire theater won 5 million yuan, and our Baoshan Brigade won 500,000 yuan!" ”

Liu Yi's expression suddenly perked, 500,000 yuan is not a small amount, you must know that the military salaries of more than 8,000 officers and soldiers in the Baoshan Brigade, plus miscellaneous expenses of 7788, are only more than 200,000 yuan a year, and this time one guy will be awarded 500,000 yuan, almost every officer and soldier can get 50 yuan, and there are even more officers!

If this news is released, the officers and men of the whole brigade will not be happy?

However, Liu Yi saw that Yue Weihan did not have the slightest joy on his face, so he couldn't help but dare not show it.

Besides, Yue Weihan, after drawing on the map for a long time, finally let out a long sigh and said indignantly: "Brain fever, this is a typical brain fever, this is taking the lives of ninety-eight divisions and more than a million soldiers as a child's play!" It is even more child's play with the future and destiny of the entire Republic of China and the entire Chinese nation! ”

"Brigade, what's going on?" Liu Yi's expression was awe-inspiring, ninety-eight divisions!?

Yue Weihan shook his head and did not answer Liu Yi, in fact, Yue Weihan was not in the mood to answer now.

Until now, Yue Weihan's ears still echoed with Chairman Chiang's impassioned tone: "I am determined to expand the scale of the Battle of Xuzhou, and I am determined to continue to increase troops on the Xuzhou battlefield, in addition to the original 62 divisions, 36 divisions will be transferred from various theaters, and I plan to use the strength of 98 divisions to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the main force of the Yue Army!" ”

Disaster, this is simply a disaster, and it is a greater disaster than the Battle of Xuzhou in history!

Historically, because Chairman Chiang and the high-level leaders of the theater miscalculated the national strength of the two countries and the military strength of the two armies, they were equally ambitious to fight the decisive battle with the Yue army on the Xuzhou battlefield, but in the end, the main force successfully withdrew from the Xuzhou battlefield at the cost of the Huayuankou embankment.

Under the flooding of the Yellow River, millions of people died directly in more than 40 counties in the Huanghuai region, and tens of millions of people were displaced and became homeless refugees.

Now, the situation that the Xuzhou battlefield is about to face is likely to be even worse than in history!

Due to the great victory in Lunan and the total annihilation of the 5th and 10th divisions of the Chinese army, the self-confidence of Chairman Chiang and the top leaders of the theater was even more inflated than in history, and the miscalculation of the national strength of China and the Chinese army was even more outrageous, so that Chairman Chiang ambitiously mobilized the huge strength of 98 divisions to fight a strategic decisive battle with the Chinese army on an unprecedented scale on the battlefield in Xuzhou!

Obviously, Chairman Chiang hoped to accomplish his work in one battle, to defeat the all-round offensive capability of the First World War, and to bring the entire War of Resistance into a stage of strategic stalemate, and the top leaders of the Fifth Theater seemed to quite agree with Chairman Chiang's idea, at least General Li and Deputy General Chief Bai had no intention of objecting, and Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Pinxian were even more excited.

It is understandable that Admiral Li and other high-level officials in the theater have such thoughts, after all, what an honor it should be to be born as a soldier and be able to command millions of troops to have a strategic-level duel with Yue Kou? How many generals in the world can have this honor? What's more, if the Battle of Xuzhou is won, then as the high-level leaders of the war zone, their names will forever go down in history!

However, Yue Weihan knew that it was impossible to win this strategic battle on an unprecedented scale!

At this time, the total national economy is seven times that of the national political axe, and the total industrial output value is dozens of times that of the national political axe, taking iron production as an example, the annual output of the national political axe is only 100,000 tons, and the annual output of the national political axe is as high as 3 million tons, and the difference in steel output is even greater, the annual output of the national political axe is less than 1,000 tons, but the original is as high as 6 million tons!

Moreover, it is said that it has a complete national defense industrial system, which can continuously produce various weapons such as aircraft, artillery, warships, and walls, while the national political axe does not have a complete national defense industrial system at all, not to mention large equipment such as combat vehicles, aircraft, and warships, and even artillery with a slightly larger caliber cannot be made, and there is no steel.

More importantly, the armies of China and the two countries are not at the same level at all.

After the North China Offensive and the Central China Offensive, especially after the Battle of Nanjing, the veterans of several permanent divisions and regiments that the Chinese army had put into the Chinese battlefield were indeed very depleted, and the subsequent replenishment was either the reserve soldiers in the countryside or the new recruits of the reserve and supplementary service, and the overall combat effectiveness dropped by a great margin.

However, the decline in [***] combat effectiveness is even more obvious!

Although the veterans of several permanent divisions of the army are extremely consumed, the main force still exists, and the elite troops of [***] have almost been exhausted, especially in the defense of Nanjing, the most elite more than a dozen divisions have all been exhausted, and the [***] formed since then are almost all new soldiers, with very few veterans and extremely poor equipment.

Not all [***] troops can be as well-trained and brave as the Baoshan Brigade!

Especially those recruit divisions that have just been formed, the army only needs one round of artillery bombardment to completely defeat them!

Chairman Chiang wanted to mobilize the strength of 98 divisions, which at first glance seemed to be a great deal, but the real combat effectiveness of these 98 divisions was very doubtful; in the Lunan battlefield, the Fifth Theater mobilized more than 50 divisions, and took turns to go into battle in Taierzhuang and Hanzhuang, and failed to annihilate the Sakagaki Division and the Isoya Division after two months of fierce attack, and this is the most powerful proof!

Therefore, if Chairman Chiang really wants to transfer 98 divisions to the Xuzhou battlefield, the situation will only get worse!

In addition to the original 62 divisions in the Fifth War Zone, where will the remaining 36 divisions be transferred? It can only be drawn from the strategic directions of the Pinghan line, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hubei, so that it will inevitably lead to the emptiness of the troops in the rest of the major theaters, once the battle of Xuzhou is lost, and [***] can not retreat in time as in history, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Anhui Province, Jiangxi Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, and other vast regions may be taken by the Chinese army, so it is difficult to say whether the national political axe can survive in Sichuan Province, and even if Chairman Chiang is determined to resist to the end, it is difficult to say whether local warlords such as Yan Xishan, Long Yun, and Chen Jitang are still willing to fight to the death.

Thinking of this, Yue Weihan couldn't help but become irritable like never before.

Yue Weihan didn't want to contribute to the demise of the Republic of China because of his own efforts, then he would really become a sinner of the Chinese nation through the ages!

………… Xuzhou, the war room of the Fifth Theater Commander's Department.

Deputy General Bai was holding a command pole and pointing to the map and talking: "If nothing else, the troops of the Yue army to reinforce Xuzhou will be divided into two routes, one from north to south to attack Xuzhou, and one from south to north to attack Bengbu, the combat goal of the army is to encircle and annihilate the main force of our army near Xuzhou, and use this to force the national political axe to surrender." ”

"According to the information provided by the Military Command Bureau, the emergency mobilization of the base camp of the army this time has been organized into 20 reserve divisions, of which at least 15 divisions will be put into the Xuzhou battlefield, and I estimate that the last troops to be put into the Xuzhou battlefield will be between 20 and 25 divisions and regiments, with a total strength of more than 500,000 people!"

Whispers rang out in the war room.

500,000 troops, this is not a small number, you must know that the battle of Songhu only invested 300,000 troops, but defeated more than 70 [***] elite divisions! This time on the battlefield in Xuzhou, although [***] 98 divisions will be mobilized, the vast majority of these 98 divisions are newly rebuilt recruit divisions!

"Don't panic." Chairman Jiang said lightly, "Even if the total strength of the army is 500,000 people, the vast majority of them are long-retired soldiers in the township, or they are untrained recruits, and there are very few real veterans. ”

"And that's exactly what happened." Deputy Chief Bai nodded and said, "The Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing have consumed a large number of veterans of the Yue Army, especially the Battle of Nanjing, at least 60,000 people were killed in the battle, not counting the injuries and disabilities, compared with the beginning of the war, the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Yue Army is undoubtedly obvious. ”

After saying this, Deputy Chief Bai said: "In short, our army occupies an absolute advantage in terms of strength, the ratio of troops is about two to one, and the quality of the soldiers is not much different from the army, the only disadvantage is that the equipment is not as good as the army, but we are defending the land on our own land to resist the war, and the location, people are on our side, therefore, I think that as long as the planning is right, the officers and soldiers of all departments can fight bravely to kill the enemy and win the battle of Xuzhou is not impossible." ”

(To be continued)