-- Jinan

"The 115th Division appeared in Cangzhou, the main force of the enemy, and a large number of artillery pieces appeared, including whistling heavy artillery, and telegrams from the Cangzhou defenders requesting tactical guidance. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Kawamoto hurriedly ran to Okamura Ninji's office and handed it to Okamura Ninji and said.

Okamura stood up with a swoop, took the telegram, looked at it a few times, and anxiously walked to the map and said, "Where is our army now?" Did the aviation make any sorties? ”

Kawamoto pointed to the map and said, "Now the forward troops of our army have arrived in Wuqiao County, but you see, commander, it is almost dark now, and the aviation cannot be dispatched at all. ”

Okamura Ninji measured it with his hand and said, "Order the troops not to sleep, march overnight, if you rush to the road overnight, you can reach Dongguang County at dawn, if the team of the 115th Division is long, you should be able to bite their tails, as long as Cangzhou can hold until dark tomorrow, our troops will definitely be able to catch up with their main force!" Fast! Generate electricity to Cangzhou! Hold on! Be sure to stick to it!! ”

-- Cangzhou

"Whoosh" dozens of rockets flew out along with the commander's red flag, and then saw a sea of fire on the Cangzhou city wall, Lin Sanhu looked at the battle situation with a telescope, and did not speak for a long time.

"Division commander, the devil is very tenacious, not as easy to be defeated as the troops some time ago, I'm afraid it won't be easy to solve the battle tonight." Lin Sanhu's vanguard general Huang Yongsheng ran over and said.

Lin Sanhu put down the binoculars and asked, "How did you do it?" Are the fighters tired? Or is it a question of the command at the front? Have you summed it up? ”

Huang Yongsheng shook his head and said, "No, it's that this team of devils is really strong, they may have been prepared, the fortifications are well built, and there are quite a few of them." ”

Although the Japanese army in Hebei has also been transferred a lot, but it is more than other parts of Shandong, Cangzhou is also a big city, there are four or five thousand defenders in the city, although the real Japanese army is only half a wing, under the Japanese army's single-minded battle, the 115th Division is difficult to take at once.

Lin Sanhu frowned and asked, "Where is the back?" ”

"When we arrived in Wuqiao County, we were rapidly advancing northward, and the forward troops were all sitting in cars and mules, although they were blocked by mines and trenches, but it was expected that they might catch up with our broken-tailed troops tonight." The staff officer next to him said.

Lin Sanhu walked around a few times with his hands behind his back, took out a handful of soybeans from his pocket and ate them, the Japanese army came much faster than he thought, although it was only a forward force, but the Japanese army with trucks, mules and horses was much faster than at the beginning.

"How much is the difference between the vanguard and the main force of the Japanese army?" Lin Sanhu asked suddenly.

"According to the information we deciphered, it is already one hundred and seventy miles." The staff officer said.

"Order the troops, assemble at Nanxiakou, and set up a pocket array for me there to entertain the little devils!" Lin Sanhu's eyes lit up and said.

Chief of Staff Wang Bingzhang clapped his hands and applauded, "This is good, the little devil must not have guessed that we will surround and send reinforcements!" ”

Lin Sanhu said with a smile, "The little devils must be preparing to block us with Cangzhou, and then let the devils behind catch up and entangle us, and finally wait for the main force to wrap our dumplings, it's good to think, they want to learn when they see that Guderian's lightning raid in Germany is doing well, right?" Unfortunately, we are not French. ”

The discussion was decided, the troops immediately began to act, the battle in Cangzhou lasted all night, the Japanese army was gradually repelled to the city, according to the headquarters as the center of the city area to defend to the death, the sun slowly rose, all the besieged Japanese tears are about to come out, God knows what they have experienced this night, no one dares to believe that they can survive, but finally dawn, sure enough, as those military commanders said, the Eighth Route Army only dares to fight night battles and sneak attacks, and will hide in the daytime to guard against the planes of the imperial army.

From time to time, the Japanese defenders sent some small detachments to try to break through, but the fierce return fire and artillery bombardment told these trapped Japanese troops that the Eighth Route Army was around and did not really retreat.

-- Nanxiakou

Under the opening of nearly 100 cavalry, one after another trucks came from the south, all the people in the car were drowsy, extremely tired, if it was really a car all the way, the car could also take a break, and it would not be too tired, but this road was full of mines and cold guns, no one could sleep, and the car was also stop-and-go, although it was much faster than pure walking, but it could not be rested.

But fortunately, it was dawn, and the Eighth Route Army was much more well-behaved at dawn than when it was dark, and the cavalry of the imperial army could also be scattered to prevent being attacked.

In the sky, three Japanese planes flew in formation from the south, and the Japanese soldiers in the cars looked up at the air pride in the sky, and their hearts were full of envy, and the treatment of the pilots was much better than that of the army.

And in the sky, the Japanese pilots looked at the winding Japanese marching procession, and their hearts were also full of pride, only by looking down from the sky, can they truly appreciate how powerful and mighty the imperial army is.

"What's going on?" A pilot's eyes widened, only to see countless fireballs appeared in the original neat team on the ground, the convoy was instantly beaten to the east and west, from the sky can see that a lot of Japanese troops were instantly knocked down, the pilot quickly took out the binoculars and looked down, desperately zoomed in, only to see that in the surrounding fields there were countless Eighth Route Army with guns are charging at the Japanese convoy, and I don't know how many kinds of artillery are firing at the Japanese convoy, and the Japanese vanguard wing was beaten all over the body before it reacted.

"Yaga! Worst!! The Japanese pilot gasped, he hurriedly flew back with the formation, there was no radio on his plane, and he could only fly back desperately to inform his superiors of the bad news.

The pilot was a little pessimistic, although he was assaulted, but the Japanese radio station was miraculously not damaged, and Okamura Ninji also got the news in time.

"Smack!" Okamura walked to his position in a daze, biting his lip, crumpling the telegram into a ball and slamming it against the wall.

"Eighth Route Army!! Lin Sanhu!! I'm going to kill you all! Kill it all!! ”

Lin Sanhu, who was under Cangzhou City, seemed to hear Okamura Ningji's roar, looked back at the south, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, his eyes were full of disdain, he bit a soybean and waved his hand and said, "The order is limited to take Cangzhou within three hours, and I am ready to accept the work at work, the devil should already know the news that his reinforcements are over." ”

Not to mention Okamura Ningji's roar and Lin Sanhu's faint smile, on the European continent, Manstein was walking briskly in the wolf's den, and the telegram he had just seen flashed in his head.

"What about the Führer? Where is the Führer? Manstein kept asking, and finally found the break room where Hitler was.

"Knock knock" Manstein took a deep breath and knocked on the office door.

"Come in." Hitler's voice came from inside, Manstein walked in, Eva smiled at him and walked out, Manstein walked in, raised his hand to Hitler and said "Hi! Hitler! ”

Hitler nodded and said, "My general, what's wrong?" ”

Manstein walked up to Hitler and said, "I have just heard about something, and I don't know if it's true or not, so I can only come to the Führer to verify it." ”

Hitler put down his pen and said, "Say it." ”

Manstein asked, "I heard that the Führer is considering asking Guderian to stop the pursuit of the Anglo-French army, and wants to give this task to Goering?" Didn't the Führer take into account that the Air Force would not be able to destroy these forces? ”

Hitler nodded and said, "That's true, I have such considerations, this part is Goering's request, and there are also strategic considerations of the Reich, so you don't have to ask about this matter." ”

Manstein, who was greatly respected and trusted by Hitler at this time because of the success of the French campaign, shook his head and said, "The Führer wants to let these people live in order to get the opportunity to negotiate peace with Britain, right?" ”

Hitler was stunned for a moment, looked at Manstein, he did not expect his idea to be guessed by Manstein, just last night, Britain got in touch with him through some people, saying that Britain wanted to discuss a new European order after the war with Germany, but only if the British army could not be hurt too much, otherwise the masses would force the government to fight Germany until the last minute.

Hitler, of course, did not want his generals to think about the problems of a politician, and he justified his reasons for doing so with military reasons: "Manstein, you should know that Guderian's troops have been fighting at high speed for more than half a month without any trimming, you are a general, I also experienced the last war, and we all know what half a month of continuous combat means to a soldier?" Although we have achieved a great victory, our casualties are not small, they are in dire need of repair, and our armored forces are advancing too fast, far exceeding our infantry and supply units, Guderian already has some soldiers fighting with French weapons, and not only that, the damned Dunkirk area, whose ground conditions are not suitable for tank operations, where the swamps and ditches have caused problems for our army in the last great battle. ”

Saying that, Hitler slowly began to get excited: "Of course I want to send all the damned British troops to hell, but we can't risk losing all the advantages we have now!" And now that the French army has been crushed, and the British have begun to flee the battlefield, how can they return? At least, for quite quite some time, for three or four years, they won't come back. That's enough for us. ”

Manstein looked at Hitler, remembered the telegram, and said slowly, "My Führer, don't you want Britain to sign a peace agreement with us?" ”

Hitler stared at Manstein without speaking, and Manstein continued: "Now Britain is retreating to Dunkirk with all its might, where there are about three-quarters of the British Expeditionary Force, and we are cut off in the south and Maginori with less than 100,000 British troops, for Britain, as long as these troops can be rescued, they have the capital to continue to fight us, and our navy, to be honest, has no way to take us across the English Channel to attack their homeland, We're going to have to put a lot of troops along the coastline to guard against the British, and my Führer, don't forget, there's a big red bear behind us! ”

Hitler felt that Manstein's words did make sense, but reluctantly said, "But our army has little strength to attack, and if they find out that we are at the end of our crossbows, we will be in danger." ”

Manstein laughed, "The British want to transport troops back to England by the sea, and don't we now have an underwater wolf pack unit?" What's more, the Anglo-French forces have lost countless ammunition and materials along the way, and our troops can use these equipment to attack the Anglo-French forces, and with Marshal Goering's air force, we can force these three or four hundred thousand troops to surrender, and if we have 300,000 British prisoners of war in our hands, will Britain dare not consider our negotiating opinions? ”

Wolves at sea? Hitler patted his head, and he suddenly remembered the submarine force he had ordered to be formed, indeed, that force had taken shape rapidly, although it had not yet reached the level of the three hundred submarines proposed by Dönitz, but it had reached nearly two hundred, and these submarines were enough to give the British Navy that was preparing to transport troops a slap in the face, plus Goering's air force and army, maybe it could really catch the three or four hundred thousand Anglo-French troops.

Hitler closed his eyes and thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind and said, "Well, I immediately ordered Guderian to move on, and Dönitz and Goering fought with Guderian." ”

Manstein laughed, "This is really good, I believe that the victory of the empire is not far away." ”

Hitler suddenly asked curiously, "You just said that you got the news, so where did you get it?" Besides, did you think of the ones you just had? ”

Manstein was not prepared to hide it, he smiled and said to Hitler: "This is what the miraculous Chinese Jiang told me, and I think he has a point, in fact, the last time I proposed the idea of a raid on France from the Ardennes Forest, he had said similar ideas in a chat with me before, my Führer, our Chinese Jiang is not only our trusted friend, but also an excellent strategist." ”

When Hitler heard that it was Jiang Cheng who said, he couldn't help but feel both unexpected and expected, and he hummed and said, "Indeed, Jiang is our loyal friend, and he has confirmed his loyalty with his actions." ”

History has turned a corner here, in history, Hitler stopped the offensive in addition to wanting to leave a good relationship with Britain and Germany's excessive loss of combat power, but also hoped to retain armored forces for the later French battles, and now Germany's armored forces have been greatly strengthened, no need to use it so carefully, when Churchill began to prepare for the implementation of the rescue plan, the submarine force that had been trained under Dönitz for a long time began to be dispatched, and hundreds of submarines lurked in various parts of the strait, Goering, who was told that someone was coming to steal the credit, was even more angry and caused the air force to drop more than 50,000 incendiary and high-explosive bombs in one day, hoping to completely crush the remnants of the Anglo-French forces before the arrival of the army and submarine forces.

Churchill faced a much more dire situation than it has historically been. (To be continued.) )