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

"Chief Li, Pukou Honorary First Division Secret Telegram." Huang Xuecun knocked on Li Delin's bedroom and woke him up from his sleep.

At two o'clock in the morning, although the battle ahead was tight, it had not yet reached the point of being out of control. The bed rested.

At this time, if it wasn't for an emergency, Huang Xuecun wouldn't wake him up.

Chief Li sat up, approved an overcoat, and carefully read the message under the lamp at the bedside, and was so shocked that he almost didn't call out.

"When did this happen?"

"It's just this evening, but the Japanese don't seem to know yet." When Huang Xuecun received the telegram, his first reaction was not to believe it, this was completely impossible.

But this is a secret telegram sent by the first division of honor, and it can't be fake.

He has received it here, and the Wuhan side will definitely know about it, but now the Japanese army may not know about it.

"Leng Feng is forcing me!" Chief Li got out of bed, grabbed the telegram in his hand, turned back and forth twice, and said heavily.

"Sir Li, do you want to call back?" Huang Xuecun asked cautiously.

"You make me think about it, think about it......"

Huang Xuecun was stunned, he had never seen his own head official so embarrassed, his chief has always been known for his quick thinking, steady and resourceful, and nothing can stump him.

"Snow Village, record the order!"

"Yes!"

"Order the 59th Army to go south early tomorrow morning, and must rush to the north of the Huai River within two days to strengthen the defense of the 51st Army, Liu Shiyi's 31st Army moves in the direction of Dingyuan and Chihe, and attacks the left flank of the Japanese army with food, where is Liao Lei going?"

"Commander Liao has arrived in Lu'an, and it is expected that he will arrive in Hefei in two days."

"Order Liao Lei to speed up the march and be sure to reach Hefei within two days." Chief Li calmly gave the order, although many of his generals opposed Leng Feng's plan, he was still ready to fight.

The original Chief Li did not have many available troops at his disposal, and it was a bit difficult to eat the 13th Division of the Japanese Army. We can only avoid the Tianjin-Pudong railway, withdraw our troops to the mountainous areas, and adopt the tactics of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy retreating and advancing us. Harassment and guerrilla tactics were used to cut the Japanese army on the southern front into several sections and annihilate them.

The Japanese army only occupied one Jinpu Road, obviously there was no room for maneuver, but it was easy to be cut off by the squadron. It was difficult to take care of the end and the end, so the Japanese army adopted a posture of pressing westward and successively occupied strategic points such as Dingyuan and Chihe.

Liu Shiyi's 31st Army, which was on the defensive, retreated westward, without giving the Japanese a chance.

Although the Japanese army attacked fiercely on the north bank of the Huai River, in fact, the rear was threatened by Liu Shiyi's 31st Army on the left side at any time, so a wing was stationed in Dingyuan.

The Japanese army in Dingyuan did not immediately go south to support the Japanese army in the Quanjiao area, in fact, it was contained by Liu Shiyi's 31st Army, once the Japanese army was out of Dingyuan. The 31st Army will definitely fight back and take the opportunity to recover Dingyuan, and the situation of the Japanese army on the southern line of Jinpu Road will be even more passive.

Leng Feng and Commander Li both knew that if they wanted to eat the 13th Division of the Japanese Army in one go, it would definitely be a protracted battle. After a long war, I am afraid that the Japanese army will not give them this opportunity.

And the best way to annihilate the Japanese 13th Division is to divide the Japanese army into two sections, or three sections, and divide and encircle!

In the cold front plan, the battlefield area is clearly demarcated. The south of the Chi River belongs to the Honorary First Division, the north of the Chi River, and the south of the Huai River belong to Chief Li.

This division is also fair, and one division of honor is one division. Although the strength is far more than one army, it is a division, and there are not only Yu Xiaohou's 51st Army, but also Liu Shiyi's 31st Army, both of which are strong divisions, with a total strength of more than 50,000 troops. Add in the local civil anti-Japanese ranks, and that's even more.

The 1st Honor Division also had to face reinforcements from the Japanese army in Nanjing, in fact, the pressure was even greater.

Leng Feng is already in action, occupying Mingguang, the next step is Chihe, dividing the Japanese army into two battlefields, north and south, the Japanese army on the northern front is less than 20,000 people, all of whom are the elite of the 13th Division of the Japanese army.

The Japanese troops on the southern front, originally under the 13th Division or under the temporary command of the 13th Division, totaled about 5,000 people, mainly in the 65th Wing of the Japanese Army in Dongge and Xigezhen.

And then in addition, there was a sneak attack on the Okamoto Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army that occupied Wujiang Town (not enough to make up the number, at most 2,000 people), and the Iizuka Detachment of the Eastern Front had reached Yizheng, and this unit had already exchanged fire with the 371st Regiment of the New 37th Brigade, and it had been fighting for two days. Night, inseparable.

The largest Japanese army was the Ninth Division, which landed from Yangzhou.

The 9th Division was beaten badly in Nanjing, suffered great losses, and had no time to replenish, so it was sent to Yangzhou to continue to fight against the 1st Division of Honor.

In fact, if calculated according to the strength of troops, the pressure on the 1st Honor Division is even greater, and the total strength of the Japanese troops surrounded and facing by the 1st Honor Division is already 25,000.

According to the establishment of the Japanese army, this is a serious division.

Chief Li knew this, so he said that Leng Feng was forcing him, if Leng Feng took most of the pressure, if he, the commander of the Fifth Theater, didn't have the courage to fight this battle, then he would really lose his reputation.

Although Leng Feng will not publicize it to the outside world, he himself can't get by, which will become a heart disease for the rest of his life.

Of course, he will not decide to fight this battle for the sake of his own face, he has to fight with Leng Feng, but this battle can indeed be fought, and if it is fought well, the situation in the fifth war zone will be very different.

"Inform Chief of General Staff Xu and the operational staff officers at home to immediately convene an emergency military meeting." Chief Li felt that this was not enough, and that this battle must unify the thinking of the entire theater in the Fifth Theater.

"Now?"

"Yes, right now, immediately, if the phone call is not available, send a signal soldier to call, within an hour, everyone will go to the conference room, and no one will be absent!" Li Delin solemnly ordered.

"Yes!"

Wuhan Luojia Mountain, Chairman Jiang's residence.

Although Wuhan is not yet at the forefront, since the Japanese army controlled air supremacy, the skies over Wuhan have been frequently taken care of by the Japanese reconnaissance organs, and although the air force of the Nationalist Government has also taken to the air to intercept it, it still cannot stop the frequent reconnaissance of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army's operational intention to attack Wuhan was already obvious, and although some people in the Japanese cabinet did not support expansion, they were not able to restrain the pace of the Japanese army's advance.

In time, the Central China Front Army planted a heel in Nanjing, but it did not make these war maniacs sober up.

The North China battlefield is advancing vigorously, which can only set off the incompetence of the Central China Front.

The frequent arrival of Japanese planes over Wuhan shows that Japan's war of aggression against China has not been reined in, and they are still dreaming of annexing China.

There was a rush in the dimly lit hallway. At the sound of footsteps, a young man in a Mao suit walked over quickly.

"Secretary Mao."

"Did you slept, sir?" The person who came was Mao Qingxiang, the confidential secretary of the chamber.

"Not yet, it's late to deal with official business today, and I just asked someone to bring hot water in." The guard standing at the door whispered.

Mao Qingxiang nodded, walked to the door, stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the door frame.

"Come in!" A thick Fenghua accent came out of it, with a slight hint of exhaustion.

"Sir, Pukou Kyuden!" Mao Qingxiang pushed the door in and walked in front of Lao Jiang inside, this office is divided into two rooms, the outside is the place where the guests talk, and the inside is the study.

"What's the matter?" Lao Jiang put down the brush in his hand and raised his head and asked.

"A unit of the 1st Division of Honor will raid Mingguang, completely occupy Mingguang at 6 o'clock tonight, and cut off the supply line of the Japanese army on the south bank of the Huai River on Jinpu Road." Mao Qingxiang said.

"What, you say it again?" Old Jiang got up suddenly.

"The 1st Division of Honor raided Mingguang and cut off the supply line of the Japanese army, and now the ammunition of the Japanese army on the south bank of the Huai River on Jinpu Road can only last for about a week."

"Map!"

Mao Qingxiang nodded, and quickly found a military combat map from Pukou to Huaihe from a pile of military maps.

Lao Jiang picked up a magnifying glass and found Mingguang's location on the map.

"Sir, the Fifth War Zone reported a battle plan for the southern front of Jinpu Road a few days ago, and after the Military Commission discussed it, it felt a bit risky and did not approve it.

"This is not Li Delin's handiwork, such a risky action, only Leng Feng, he has the courage and this condition." Lao Jiang asserted.

It's the first cut and the next play!

This Leng Feng doesn't take him as the chairman of the committee too seriously, you will die if you report it in advance?

Lao Jiang was full of resentment in his heart at the moment, and he couldn't wait to personally send someone to catch Leng Feng in front of him, and ask him well, why is this always the case, is he the kind of person who has no heart?

The Japanese army on the northern line of Jinpu Road is not stable, and there is a tendency to continue to move south, and if the southern front is fought at this time, will it affect the battle situation of the entire Battle of Xuzhou.

Lao Jiang is not Leng Feng, he only needs to plan the battle on his own one-acre and three-point land, and he will not consider the overall situation of the national war, and always act without authorization.

It's no wonder that Lao Jiang is angry.

Once the southern front starts, it can be guaranteed that the Japanese army on the northern front will stay there, yes, the two Japanese armies in North China and Central China are not harmonious, and they have the psychology of competing with each other and fighting for merit, but their essence is the same, they are both aggressors, and they invade China for the same goal.

In order to ensure that the battle of annihilation on the southern front of the Jinpu Road can be completed, it is first necessary to stabilize the northern front, and you must know that the fifth theater is now under enemy attack on three sides, and the pressure is very great.

This is also the reason why many generals in the Fifth War Zone opposed the big fight on the southern front of the Jinpu Road.

The threat of the Japanese army on the northern front is the greatest, and the Japanese army on the southern front can be controlled, so when deploying troops, it is focused on the northern front from the beginning, and if there is a big fight on the southern front, it will inevitably implicate the deployment of the northern front.

Among them, there is the problem of the 59th Army, which was originally subordinate to the First War Zone, and was asked to come to the Fifth War Zone by Chief Li, which was originally intended to be used as a reserve, and was assigned to the Northern Front to block the Japanese army.

If there was to be a decisive battle with the 13th Division on the southern front, this fresh force of more than 20,000 people would definitely have to go south, so that the strength of the northern front would be weakened.

This is something that many generals and officers in the Fifth War Zone do not want to see.

(To be continued.) )