Thirty miles south of Xuzhou City, Xiaowang Village.

The temporary headquarters of the Fifth Theater was set up in Xiaowang Village, and the compound at the east end of the village had been requisitioned, and the east wing had been hung up with a large military map and had become a simple war room.

In the war room, the senior staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters were working on the map, and communications soldiers on horseback were constantly galloping from outside Xiaowang Village to report the positions of the divisions belonging to the Fifth Theater to the headquarters like a stream, and the senior staff officers of the General Staff Department immediately marked the locations of the divisions under the theater on the map.

As soon as General Li and Deputy General Chief Bai walked into the war room, General Xu Zuyi, chief of staff of the theater, stepped forward and said: "General seat, all divisions have entered the designated assembly area and are on standby!" ”

"Hmm." Admiral Li nodded, and said, "Is the cavalry regiment of the Ninth Cavalry Division in place?" ”

In order to prevent the military reconnaissance from hearing the radio signal and thus identifying the action of [***] in advance, the entire theater has implemented radio silence, so the transmission and distribution can only rely on cavalry messengers.

"It's already in place." Admiral Xu Zuyi said, "Zhang Deshun transferred the Ninth Cavalry Regiment that he started. ”

"Send out a cavalry messenger at once." Admiral Li said, "Order all divisions to hurry up and sleep and recuperate their physical strength!" ”

"Yes." Admiral Xu Zuyi stood upright, and immediately turned around to convey the order.

Seeing the figure of Admiral Xu go out, Deputy Chief Bai suddenly said: "Duke De, what do you think about this action of going south to Mengcheng and crossing Dabie Mountain?" ”

Admiral Li asked rhetorically, "What do you think of Jiansheng?" ”

Deputy Chief Bai shook his head and said with emotion: "Although this kid Yue Weihan is young, I have to admit that his attainments in tactical planning have indeed surpassed mine. ”

"Oh?" Admiral Li said with interest, "Do you really think so? ”

"Yes." Deputy Chief Bai said, "Because I only thought of the countermeasures for breaking through separately, but Yue Weihan was able to abandon his mindset and ingeniously propose a four-way attack tactic, which is not simple, it is indeed not simple!" Degong, if this person had been born five years earlier, I am afraid that the decree of the national political axe would have been unified long ago. ”

"Jiansheng, Yue Weihan's four-way attack is really better than your split breakthrough?"

Admiral Li couldn't help but change slightly, and Deputy Chief Bai's evaluation was quite high.

What Deputy Chief Bai meant was that if Yue Weihan could graduate from the Whampoa Military Academy five years earlier and join the Central Army, then Chairman Jiang would suddenly be able to strengthen his wings, and in the previous warlord melee, whether it was Yan Xishan's Jin line, Li Bai's Gui lineage, or the Sichuan army, they were all tied up.

"Isn't it just cleverness?" Deputy Chief Bai said, "It's just too smart!" ”

After saying this, Deputy General Bai said: "If according to my concept, I order all divisions to break through separately, then the tragedy of the Battle of Songhu will definitely be repeated on the battlefield of Xuzhou, and then the central army and the local armies will definitely rush to retreat, crowded on the Longhai Railway and the only few highways, and the army only needs to dispatch aviation to cause heavy losses to our army!" ”

"Coupled with the encirclement and interception of the ground forces of the Yue army, the losses of our army will be even heavier, and the best result is only that about half of the troops can retreat to Wuhan, and the Yue army will definitely follow, and our army will not have time to deploy the battle of Wuhan at all, so Wuhan will definitely be lost."

"Of course, if Jiang dares to brave the world and dig up the embankment of the Yellow River, it is estimated that he will be able to stop the army for at least half a month, so that we still have enough time to deploy the battle of Wuhan, but tens of millions of people in dozens of counties in the Huanghuai region will be displaced and become homeless refugees."

Admiral Li nodded, and said, "Then where is Yue Weihan's four-way attack?" ”

Deputy Chief Bai said: "Yue Weihan's four-way attack, the high is high, this is a false and real multiple tactical deception. ”

"Multiple tactical deception of the real and the false? How do you say that? Admiral Li couldn't help but be confused, Li Bai and Bai have always complemented each other, Admiral Li has a strategic vision, but lacks in tactics, while Deputy General Bai is a great tactical planner, but lacks foresight in strategy.

Deputy Chief Bai said: "Degong, you think that the initiative of Yu Xuezhong, Sun Lianzhong and Li Pinxian's subordinates will only create a false impression for the Yue army, thinking that the initiative of these three partial divisions is just to mobilize the Yue army, so as to make room for the main force in the theater to break through from Xuzhou and create opportunities." ”

"The army didn't know that Yu Xuezhong, Sun Lianzhong, and Li Pinxian's initiative to attack seemed to be real and false!"

"Based on this judgment, the heavy army group of the Yue army will not act rashly, and the troops of Yu Xuezhong, Sun Lianzhong and Li Pinxian will have a great chance to break out of the encirclement, so that not only will the strength of our army be preserved, but also two huge group armies will be left behind the enemy, which will be extremely beneficial to the overall situation of the War of Resistance!"

"This is the first tactical deception, and it's hard for little devils to be fooled!"

Admiral Li nodded and asked, "So...... What about the second level of tactical deception? ”

Deputy General Bai said: "If nothing else, this kid Yue Weihan will definitely let the people of the Baoshan Brigade go out of the city and go west along the Longhai Road during the day, and secretly come back at night, and then go out of the city. ”

"In this way, the military reconnaissance plane will be completely attracted to the direction of the Longhai line."

"The little devils thought they had mastered the movements of our army, but they never thought that this was a complete deception! The main force of our theater not only did not advance westward along the Longhai line, but turned around and went south to attack Mengcheng, this is the second tactical deception of this kid Yue Weihan, but this time it seems to be real and false. ”

"In the same way, this second tactical deception, it is difficult for the little devil not to be fooled!"

Admiral Li said: "To let you say that, Yue Weihan's four-way attack is really extraordinary." ”

"The four-way attack designed by Yue Weihan is indeed extraordinary." Deputy Chief Bai nodded, and then said, "However, it is not risk-free, once the tactical deception fails, so that the army discovers the true intentions of the main force in our theater in advance, dozens of elite divisions are likely to be buried in the northern Anhui region." ”

………… Liaocheng, Shandong, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Army.

Chief of Staff Tengda Tomosao hurriedly entered the office of Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, and suddenly retracted his feet and said uprightly: "Your Excellency General, the base camp sent a dispatch to the front-line command post to send an urgent telegram, our department and the 25th Division have been transferred to the battle sequence of the Second Army, and the combat mission is to take over the main force of the Second Army in western Henan to garrison the Qiapuyang and Heze areas. ”

"Oh?" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka said, "The Second Army has gone south to western Henan?" ”

Tengtian Dazuo suddenly bowed his head and said, "Haiyi." ”

"Yo Si." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "It seems that the Battle of Xuzhou has begun." ”

Tengtian Dazuo frowned, and suddenly said, "Your Excellency, the situation seems to be a little abnormal. ”

"Abnormal?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Tengtian-kun, why do you think so?" Is there a basis for this? ”

"Nope." Teng Tianzhi shook his head and said, "I just think that the Battle of Xuzhou is going too smoothly, and the reaction of the people of China is exactly the same as what we envisioned, this is almost a designed military performance!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "But the reconnaissance plane of the air force directly under the party reported that the main force of the Xuzhou battlefield is indeed advancing westward along the Longhai line, this should be a fact, right?" ”

"Your Excellency, General, sometimes the eyes deceive us." Tengtian Zhi said, "What's more, this is the land of the Chinese people, and our aerial reconnaissance planes can only reconnoiter from the air, and they can only be dispatched during the day, and the Chinese army can completely use the help of the local people in China to deceive our reconnaissance planes." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and was speechless.

Teng Tianzhi said again: "Your Excellency General, I suggest that you immediately send a telegram to the headquarters battalion to send a command post to the front, suggesting that they urgently transfer three to five divisions from the Central China Front Army to cross the Yangtze River from Nanjing to rush to Bengbu, and at the same time transfer three divisions from Bengbu to the front line of Fuyang and Mengcheng. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said awe-inspiringly: "Tengtian-kun, do you think the Chinese army will break through from the direction of Dabie Mountain?" ”

Teng Tianzhi shook his head and said, "Your Excellency General, my intuition tells me that the troops along the Mengcheng and Fuyang lines must be strengthened!" ”

"Yo Si." Yoshio Shinozuka pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "I'll send a telegram to the front-line command post of the base camp." ”

………… Jinan, Shandong, the front-line command post of the army's base camp.

Lieutenant General Okabe entered the office of the senior general of the temple with a stern expression, and said uprightly: "Your Excellency, the 5th Division Yoshio Shinozuka has just sent an urgent telegram, suggesting that the base camp send the command post of the front line to immediately strengthen the deployment of troops along the Mengcheng and Fuyang lines, and believes that the main force of China in the Xuzhou area is likely to break through from the direction of Mengcheng and Fuyang. ”

"Mengcheng, Fuyang?" The general of the temple quickly got up and strode to the map.

Lieutenant General Okabe hurriedly stepped forward and found the location of Mengcheng and Fuyang from the map.

The eyes of the general in the temple continued to follow Mengcheng and Fuyang, and finally stopped at Dabie Mountain, and said coldly: "Okabe-kun, don't you think this kind of inference is ridiculous? Will the people of China abandon the convenient Longhai Railway and climb over the Dabie Mountain? Moreover, don't you think that the Chinese army is committing suicide by doing this? ”

"Hello." Lieutenant General Okabe bowed his head abruptly and said, "I don't think that the Zhina Army will break through from the direction of Mengcheng and Fuyang, but I think that Shinozuka-kun's worries are not unreasonable, the troops in the direction of Mengcheng and Fuyang are indeed a little thin, Your Excellency General, can you consider transferring two divisions from the front of Bengbu to strengthen in the direction of Mengcheng and Fuyang?" ”

"It doesn't have to be a big deal." The general of the temple said disapprerovingly, "Immediately order Yanagawa Heisuke's Tenth Army to cross the Huai River and quickly go north, and occupy Suzhou and Huaibei as soon as possible, as long as the Tenth Army occupies Suzhou and Huaibei, it is impossible for the main force of the Xuzhou battlefield to break through from the direction of Dabie Mountain." ”

(To be continued)