Time passed quietly, and before I knew it, two hours had passed, and the water in everyone's teacups had been refilled three times, and there was no smell of tea anymore.

Leng Feng sat next to Yang Jie, this was not a formal meeting, so the seating was more casual, and he could discuss softly.

Except for Li Heling's slightly worse attitude towards Leng Feng, everyone else's attitude towards Leng Feng is still good, and Sun Zhen even treats Leng Feng as a nephew.

When he heard that Leng Feng was Yang Jie's student, he was really happy for him, Yang Jie's prestige and connections in the army were not comparable to him.

With the escort of Yang Jie, Leng Feng will definitely go further in the army.

Leng Feng also knew that calling himself was not a big deal, it was to study and judge the next move of the Japanese army, and of course, to wait for the telegram from Wuhan.

Judging from the information on Nanjing and Beiping, judging from the recent actions of the Japanese army, this is a big move.

"According to reliable information, the main force of the 10th Division of the Second Army of the Japanese Army in North China has moved to Yanzhou, and recently the troops have been moving more frequently, and the intention to go south is very obvious; in the early hours of this morning, a Japanese plainclothes team had a fierce battle with Liu Zhendong, the first guerrilla unit of our theater, in Juxian.

"On the southern line of the Jinpu Road, it has also been discovered, especially in the northern Jiangsu region, that the 24th Group Army has received a report that the Japanese army's plainclothes team has been active very frequently recently, and the enemy may attack Xuzhou from the central Soviet region with a dense water network."

"The dense water network in the Soviet Union and Central China is not suitable for large-scale mechanized corps operations, and as long as the Japanese army moves, its purpose will be exposed."

"Well, the river network in the Soviet Union and China will drag down the march of the Japanese army, but it will create favorable conditions for our gradual resistance." Li Delin agrees with this judgment.

"Senior Commander Leng, do you have any such information in the First Division of Honor?"

"The Japanese army hated me to the core, and naturally this kind of spy was indispensable, but the ordinary Japanese plainclothes team entered my defense area, which was an act of seeking death, so after the whole army was wiped out a few times, they rarely sent plainclothes teams into my defense area." Leng Feng explained.

"It seems that Senior Commander Leng has done a very good job in counter-espionage, do you have any experience to exchange?" Li Heling asked at Leng Feng.

"It's very simple, mobilize the people, set up an observer in each village, report the situation once a day, the Japanese and the Chinese are still very easy to distinguish, we have made up a booklet, which describes the difference between the Chinese and the Japanese in detail, as long as you remember a few points, it is not difficult to distinguish who is Chinese and who is Japanese in plainclothes." Leng Feng said.

"With such a pamphlet, why didn't Division Commander Leng report to the Theater Commander's Department and spread it, which is of great value to the National War of Resistance?"

"Deputy Commander Li, we must practice before we can judge whether it is useful, if it doesn't work, we will report it, and when the time comes, you won't say that." Leng Feng is not a soft persimmon, whoever wants to pinch it can pinch it, since you don't deal with me, I don't need to give you face.

"Master Leng, if there is such a good thing, it's better not to hide it, right?"

"Of course, as long as the war is beneficial, my Leng Feng will never be unaware of the national righteousness, I have already brought this booklet, and in a while, Chief Li will send someone to Xiaolou to find my intelligence director Wu Xiaoyun to get it." Leng Feng said, "But the booklet is easy to use, and it is also a process of accumulation of experience, and it is not a one-size-fits-all truth." ”

"We all understand this, as long as we can guard against most of the Japanese plainclothes is very good."

"Judging from this situation, the Japanese army is likely to launch a new round of attacks recently, and the Japanese army in Central China is greatly damaged, even if the reinforcements are replenished, in an unfamiliar situation, the attack must adopt cautious tactics, and the Japanese army in North China is different, they know us very well, so the Japanese army in North China will definitely serve as the main attack, Teng County, Linyi is the two major gateways to the northwest and northeast of my Xuzhou, so it is necessary to send heavy troops to defend it."

"Chief Li, there is no problem with my Sichuan Legion guarding Teng County, but can you buy us some more heavy weapons?"

"How about I allocate you another ten heavy machine guns and twenty light machine guns, 100,000 rounds of ammunition?" Li Delin thought about it for a while, but Tengxian County is very important, the equipment of the Sichuan army is too inferior, in case it can't be defended, the front line of Lincheng and Zaozhuang behind it will be dangerous.

"Thank you, Chief Li." Sun Zhen said gratefully.

"It's all for the sake of resisting Japan, needless to say, the Sichuan army is still very capable of fighting, I hope this time it can be fought well and the name of the Sichuan army will be justified." Li Delin nodded.

"Please rest assured, Chief Li, the Sichuan army will definitely defend Teng County!" Sun Zhen stood up and said solemnly.

"Who will guard Linyi?"

This question, Leng Feng was stunned, what is the situation, there are no defenders in Linyi?

"Why don't you let the 59th Army go, the Northwest Army will defend it well." Li Heling proposed.

"Well, the combat effectiveness of the 59th Army of Xinchen is not weak, I agree with letting him defend Linyi!" Chief of Staff Xu Yanmou agreed.

"Xun Chen's troops have just had a big battle on the southern front of Jinpu Road, is it a slowdown?"

"No one knows when the Japanese army will move south, and it is okay to drive the troops to Linyi, deploy defenses, and rest and recuperate." Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Wang Hongshao said as he touched the frame on the bridge of his nose.

"What Brother Zhenwu said is very true, there is only one local security regiment in Linyi now, and the strength is too thin, even if Shen Honglie's marines are withdrawn, once the Japanese Fifth Division advances south, it may be difficult to resist."

"What do you mean, Sir Li?"

"I agree to transfer the 59th Army to defend Linyi, report to the Wuhan Command as soon as possible, and the order will be issued immediately!" Li Delin is also a decisive person, and since he has made a decision, he will not drag his feet.

Leng Feng did not speak, although the general direction of the battle situation has not changed, but there are local differences, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the battle of Taierzhuang before the Battle of Xuzhou has already begun according to this time, and there is no change in the Sichuan Army guarding Teng County, but the original Pang Bingxun's Third Army guarding Linyi has now been replaced by Zhang Xinchen's 59th Army, of course, in the middle and late stages of Linyi, Zhang Xinchen's 59th Army also participated in defending Linyi.

The Third Army Corps was stationed in Haizhou, originally worried that the Japanese army might land from Haizhou, and Leng Feng knew that the Japanese army did not choose to land from Haizhou, but now it is difficult to say.

The Japanese army suffered mixed encounters on the southern front of the Jinpu Road, and almost all of a field division was annihilated, and even if it returned to the mainland, it may have to be rebuilt.

This loss is too great, the Japanese army in Central China does not have an advantage in Jiangbei, especially the Jinpu Road, where the 1st Division of Honor is entrenched, and the Japanese army wants to break through, at least it is impossible now.

It is not impossible to find another breakthrough, so the Pang Bingxun regiment stationed in Haizhou, Li Delin cannot move at will for the time being.

Even if the Japanese army does not land from Haizhou, the Pang Corps can also be used as a reserve to respond to the 24th Group Army in northern Jiangsu, prevent the Japanese army from landing in Nantong, and attack Xuzhou all the way north.

Originally, the Japanese army did not pay attention to the northern Jiangsu region, the reason is very simple, as long as the Jinpu Road is opened up, Central China and North China are connected, and the northern Jiangsu region will become the meat in the bowl of the Japanese army, and you can eat it as you want when the time comes.

What's more, there is no target for the Japanese army in northern Jiangsu, and Han Deqin's 24th Group Army is just an adaptation of the Jiangsu security forces, and it can be imagined which is more important than the elite squadron assembled in the Xuzhou area.

Whether it is Pang Bingxun's Third Army or Zhang Xinchen's 59th Army, these two troops originally belonged to the Northwest Army, Linyi is the last barrier in Taierzhuang, so there must be a strong army, although Pang Bingxun is known as the corps, but the quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment are much worse than the 59th Army.

Therefore, choosing the 59th Army is safer than the 3rd Army, not to mention that Chief Li has always been relieved of Leng Feng's "April Fool's Day" plan.

Defending Linyi is the key to the "April Fool's Day" plan.

Taierzhuang is the battlefield of the "April Fool's Day" plan, which is consistent with his previous idea of fighting a war of annihilation against the Japanese army in Taierzhuang.

really thought that the idea was the same, and he also thought that it was feasible, so Chief Li was thinking in his heart about how to expand the results of the battle and whether the "April Fool's Day" plan provided by Leng Feng could be implemented.

In Beiping, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, Inada Masasumi met with the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi.

Terauchi Shou is not tall, stocky, looks a little serious, he is a nobleman, his father once served as the prime minister, inherited his father's title of earl, take the later generations, he is a "second generation official".

It was the "Front" plan that Inada brought with him, which had been revised by him, and the "Front" plan was formulated by Shunroku Hata and led by the staff officers of the original Central China Dispatch Army led by Akira Muto.

This plan was secretly formulated by Shunroku Hata without telling his chief of staff, Shozaburo Kawabe.

After the plan was formulated, Shunroku Hahata asked Akira Muto to take advantage of the opportunity to go to Tokyo on a business trip and personally handed it over to Inada Masamun, who had just taken up the post of head of the Operations Division, and was overjoyed to see this plan, thinking that this was his chance to make a name for himself in this position.

So he reviewed the plan in detail and added some of his own opinions, which eventually led to this top-secret plan.

He first approved Terauchi Shou's request to increase the number of troops advancing southward, and then personally took this plan to win the support of the Minister of War, the Chief of Staff, and others.

In the end, the conservative forces were persuaded by him to fully support the implementation of the "Front" plan.

Inada Masasumi did not erase the credit of Shunroku Hatata, and he did not change the name of the plan, still calling it the "Feng" plan.

For the implementation of the plan and the need for secrecy, he decided to come to China with this plan in person, and met with the two commanders of North China and Central China in detail.

"Your Excellency Temple, the core of this plan is not only to open up the Tianjin-Pudong railway line and occupy Xuzhou, the most important town in the forest, but also to have a greater strategic purpose, that is, to eliminate the resistance of the Chinese Nationalist Government in the Xuzhou area and create favorable conditions for going south to take Wuhan." Inada Masamune very solemnly explained to Terauchi Shouichi the core strategy of the "Feng" plan.

Although Shunroku Hata also mentioned the elimination of China's elite field army in the Xuzhou area, it was from his point of view, but from the perspective of the overall situation of the empire, the capture of Wuhan, an important town in central China, and the forced surrender of the Chinese side were the most important.

This is the greatest strategic value of this plan, as for why not go south to take Wuhan, Inada Zhengchun regretted very much, failed to seize the fighter plane, after occupying Nanjing, with superior forces to take Wuhan, at that time the squadron had no ability to resist at all, and now, it is too late to implement this strategy.

I can only choose to hit the Jinpu line first, and then take Wuhan.

(To be continued.) )