As soon as Leng Feng returned to the military headquarters from the field hospital, Guo Weiquan came in a hurry, and a news that was not surprising came from the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xuzhou has fallen!

"Early this morning, the cavalry wing of the fifth division of the Japanese army appeared in the eastern suburbs of Xuzhou, and the 31st Division of the Second Group Army behind the palace was defeated, and the division commander Chi Fengchen led his troops to retreat to Liguoyi Station, and the Japanese invaders entered the ...... of Xuzhou City."

June 12, 27th year of the Republic of China, 9:37 a.m.

There was silence in the war room of the military headquarters of the New First Army, although it was said that this day had been foreseen, but when it came, many people still found it psychologically difficult to accept.

What a shame it is for Chinese soldiers to win the battle but lose their country!

The news of the fall of Xuzhou was a huge blow to the Chinese military and civilians, and this important military town in the east, which connected North China and Central China, and the transportation hub fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

Strategically speaking, the Japanese army has already surrounded half of China, leaving Fujian and Guangzhou with the mouth to the sea, and the TW opposite Fujian has long been occupied by the Japanese army.

Zhengzhou, No. 24 dormitory of Longhai Railway Bureau.

"Sir, Chief Li telegraphed, Xuzhou fell this morning......"

Lao Jiang stood at the window, his figure was simple, his expression was very lonely, since the Anti-Japanese War, he had been exhausted, painstakingly lonely, using the strength of the whole country to fight against the Japanese invaders, repeatedly defeated, defeated again and again, that kind of depressed mood has always been blocked in the chest and can not be dispersed.

Half an hour later.

"How many more troops have not been withdrawn?"

"Those who should be evacuated have been withdrawn, and the troops behind the palace will also be withdrawn from Weishan Lake to the west bank, except for the troops who stay behind the enemy to fight behind the enemy." Lin Wei replied.

"Okay, Li Delin Gong is in the party-state, I heard that the old injury on the right side of his face has recurred, is it serious?" Old Jiang changed his words.

"I heard that it was very serious, and he still had a high fever, but he insisted on refusing to withdraw first, and he had to retreat with the theater commander's department." Lin Weidao.

"This won't work, can you send a plane over and take Li Delin to Wuhan for treatment?" Lao Jiang asked, although he and Li Delin are political opponents, but at this time, he needs Li Delin to help him hold on to the current situation, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Fifth War Zone need a capable commander.

He can't afford to lose something big.

"The Xuzhou field airfield has been occupied by the Japanese army, and the nearest field airfield is in Guide, which is also controlled by the Japanese army, even if a runway is temporarily built, it will take at least a week, and once it is discovered by the Japanese army's aerial reconnaissance, it is too dangerous."

"Can Li Delin still be able to support it?"

"According to the plan, they will break through in the direction of Bozhou with the large army, and then reach northern Anhui, this area is still under the control of the national army, and there should be no problem in a smooth retreat."

At this time, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the door, and Liu Weizhang's figure appeared at the door.

"President, the Intelligence Department of the Military Commission sent an urgent telegram, a Japanese army of more than 20,000 people is advancing rapidly in Wuyang, and the number may be the newly formed 106th Division of the Japanese Army, and the division commander Junichiro Matsuura!"

"What?" Lao Jiang was shocked when he heard this, and he felt cold all over his body.

"Map!"

"The 106th Division, nearly 20,000 people, this Japanese army is obviously heading for Guide, such an obvious marching route, now suddenly exposed, it is estimated that it cannot be hidden!" A layer of sweat appeared on the tip of Liu Weizhang's nose.

"Immediately inform Xue Boling of this information and ask him to adjust the deployment of the Battle of Guide!"

"Commission, in this way, the passage of retreat in our fifth theater is very likely to be cut off, there has been no heavy rain in northern Anhui in recent days, which is extremely conducive to the mechanized march of the Japanese army, our army is exhausted, and we must speed up the retreat!"

"There must be a certain number of troops on the Longhai line, if you retreat without a fight, then the Japanese army can easily cross the Longhai line and attack Luxi, and the Japanese army must have changed its battle plan!" Liu Weizhang said affirmatively.

It's Shunroku Hatata!

The Japanese base camp changed its original plan and handed over the leadership of the Battle of Xuzhou to Shunroku Hata in Nanjing, the commander of the Central China Front, with the Central China Front of the Japanese Army on the southern front as the leader.

Prior to this, whether it was the landing in the East China Sea, or the fierce attack of the 5th Brigade in Linyi by the 5th Division converging and forming an independent mixed brigade, so that the rapid capture of Linyi, Tancheng and other places, and even the Tufeiyuan Division in the eastern Henan region became the attention and attention of the Chinese army.

In this way, the next target of the Japanese army is Wuhan!

Old Jiang was shocked, this was a shock that it had reached the moment of life and death, and immediately ordered to interrupt the tour of the front line of Guide, and quickly flew back to Wuhan, he wanted to immediately convene a military meeting to discuss a series of countermeasures to the current war situation.

The Japanese army is menacing this time, and there will inevitably be continuous blows, and the Wuhan area is empty, which cannot let the Japanese army take advantage of the loophole at this time.

Lao Jiang hurriedly said goodbye to Cheng Songyun and others, and got on the plane with his entourage and Soviet Russian military advisers.

On the side of Guide, Xue Boling received the news, and immediately felt a lot of pressure, the Japanese army had occupied Bozhou before, and once the 20,000-strong Japanese army rushed north to help the German army, this battle would be difficult to fight.

The sudden arrival of Japanese reinforcements put Xue Boling in a dilemma.

At this time, Xie Zaoshi and Li Ye respectively led the heavy artillery brigade and the armored brigade, as well as the two most elite reconnaissance battalions of the new 38th Division and the new 37th brigade, to a village in the northwest of Guide, called Liu Fuji.

At this time, Xue Boling also moved his front-line headquarters to Ningling, and worked with Li Bohao of the 64th Army, and the elite 11th Division under Hu Shoushan also went to the battlefield of Guide.

Tang Keqin's 20th Army headquarters was located in Mumaji, east of Guide.

Huang Jie's military headquarters confronted the Japanese army across the river at Maodui, south of the Dasha River.

In the evening of the same day, Xue Boling convened a high-level military meeting at the level of unit commander in Ningling to discuss the final attack plan against the Japanese army returning to Germany, and the commander of the division and above must attend.

Li Ye also attended the meeting on behalf of the New First Army, and although he had the most powerful force in his hands to attack the Japanese troops returning to Germany, his rank and seniority were the lowest among the participants in the conference.

And it's also a little-known person.

His record is certainly shocking, but most of this battle merit has not been counted on his head, Li Ye's mentality is good, he knows very well that he can achieve today's achievements, most of them are not his own ability, if there is no Leng Feng's guidance, he would not be able to command such an armored brigade at all, let alone the Japanese army still fighting on the battlefield.

Of course, Li Ye is not without merit at all, no matter how good the tactic is, it also needs an excellent executor to bring it into play, and the commander's on-the-spot adaptability is also very important.

If Li Ye didn't have this ability, Leng Feng wouldn't let him be the captain of the armored brigade.

Of course, he still lacks the heat, and he needs to continue to hone and hone before he can finally become the commander of the armored corps on his own.

The two Japanese armies in Guide could not be attacked for a long time, and some generals were a little shaken, such as Tang Keqin, he opposed the continuation of the siege of the Japanese army in Guide, his troops were mechanized troops, good at sports warfare, and fought in Guide for five days, and his troops lost more than the Segu detachment besieging Taierzhuang.

Qiu Qingquan also stood on Tang Keqin's side, believing that there was no need to besiege Guide, Guide had already been occupied by the Japanese army, and now that a large number of Japanese reinforcements had arrived, there was no need to fight to the death with the Japanese army in Guide, so as to waste the strength of the national army in vain.

It was believed that it was far better to adopt a flexible and mobile strategy of active defense than to consume a large number of living forces in Guide.

To a certain extent, Tang Keqin and Qiu Qingquan's opposition is not unreasonable, more than half of the troops of the Nationalist Army are concentrated in the first and fifth theaters, and the rear area is now extremely empty.

The reason why the troops of the Fifth Theater should be withdrawn is to prepare for the possible Battle of Wuhan, if the National Army of the Fifth Theater cannot be withdrawn, then the Battle of Wuhan can only be an empty city plan.

But some people also disagree, once the Japanese army is allowed to occupy Guide and the important towns in eastern Henan fall into the hands of the enemy, the Japanese army will inevitably advance westward along the Longhai line, attack central Henan and Luxi, threaten the Pinghan line, and even immediately detonate the Battle of Wuhan.

Similarly, there is no way to guarantee the safety of this retreat route of Russi.

Even if we can't destroy the Japanese army that is Guide, we can't let it go, we must trap it in Guide, we can't move, and it's best to destroy this Japanese army.

The dispute was very serious, each with its own reason, and Tang Keqin even put forward the idea that he would lead his troops south to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army.

Obviously, Tang Keqin didn't want to consume his strength in Guide, he wanted to save his strength and slip away by himself.

Xue Boling's face was very dark, and he also heard about some of Tang Keqin's actions on the battlefield in Xuzhou, fighting for merit, and running when he saw danger, his command post was called "Swimming Sentry", and there was a new nickname, called "Tang Ran Run".

I heard that this nickname still came from the mouth of the "Cold Yama King" of the New First Army, but Leng Feng flatly denied it.

Xue Boling was very angry, but he didn't get mad on the spot, Tang Keqin wanted to leave, he couldn't stop him, so he simply let him go, didn't he want to stop the 106th division of the Japanese army?

Let him go!

Xue Boling asked Lao Jiang for instructions, and Lao Jiang also agreed, he had no way to protect Lao Jiang's calves, and if Tang Keqin could block the 106th Division, it would also be helpful to the Battle of Guide.

The military meeting was not held smoothly, and Xue Boling even rarely adjourned the meeting in the middle of the meeting, but none of the generals attending the meeting left, and the meeting did not have a result, even if it was held overnight, he did not hesitate to do so.

"Commander Tang, how many days can you hold off the 106th Division?" Taking advantage of the adjournment, Xue Boling asked Tang Keqin to call over and asked bluntly in person.

Although Xue Boling agreed to Tang Keqin's request in principle, he would not let him pass the test easily, which was related to the success or failure of the Battle of Guide.

He asked Tang Keqin to give him a military order.

Tang Keqin originally saw that his loss was too great, and he wanted to find a chance to slip away, relying on Lao Jiang's. Pet. Fortunately, as long as he found a reasonable reason, Lao Chiang would definitely agree, and this excuse to block the Japanese reinforcements was really good.

But Xue Boling, the tiger boy, is not stupid at all, he wants to make a military order and want to leave, but no, you have fulfilled your responsibilities.

Tang Keqin was struggling, and there was a fine sweat, he thought that he could not be afraid of this Xue Boling, but when he really faced it, he was really a little weak-hearted.

The main reason is that his mind and purpose are not pure, if he is really bent on leading troops to stop the Japanese army, he is not afraid of being seen through.

"Commander Tang, your troops are now one of the few elites in the national army, and I also know your thoughts, you give me a promise to be able to block the Japanese army in the Bozhou area for a few days?"

"I don't know how many days Brother Boling will take?"

"A week, can you do it?"

"A week, it's a bit hard, isn't it?" Tang Keqin understands that this is clear enough.

"A week, without any conditions, if you can't do it, stay, I'll change someone else, there are a lot of troops withdrawn from the Fifth War Zone, and it is not difficult to find a person who can block the Japanese reinforcements for a week."

"Most of the troops in the Fifth Theater have been evacuated from Luxi, south of Longhai Road, Huainan, Huaibei is no longer the troops, in addition to the three armies of the Gui Department, there are only two troops left Zhang Xinchen and Pang Bingxuan with heavy casualties, and Suxian will not be able to hold for long, and it is estimated that it will soon be captured by the Japanese army......

Tang Keqin's meaning is obvious, that is, to tell Xue Boling that this Longhai line cannot be defended, and sooner or later it will fall into the hands of the Japanese, and the most important thing is to withdraw the fifth main elite of Xuzhou to avoid being surrounded and eaten by the Japanese army. (To be continued.) )