Regarding Chen Hanzhang's request, Yang Zhen's reply was very clear. wwＷ.lＷＸs520.ＣＯＭ… ≦. On the entire battlefield of Jilu and Dezhou, all units should coordinate well with the interspersed troops. Don't have too many scruples, you have to do enough in terms of momentum, and the bigger the momentum, the better. However, in terms of the actual use of troops, we must grasp the degree well.

In particular, we must be prepared for the possible rapid reinforcement of the 48th Division on the Jiaodong Peninsula. Under the situation of the dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, it is difficult to guarantee that the Japanese army will not use the 48th Division, which is the closest division to the entire Jilu border battlefield, to quickly reinforce it.

On the telegram, Yang Zhen once again emphasized that the ultimate goal of this operation was not to completely eliminate how many Japanese troops there were, nor to seize the entire Shandong region. However, it is necessary to break the backbone of the Japanese North China Front, so that the Japanese North China Front, and even the entire dispatch army, will lose the ability to counterattack Hebei for at least a considerable period of time.

If it is possible to progress in the war situation, it is necessary to actually control northern Lubei in order to open up a direct line between the current Hebei base area and the Shandong Military Region. At the same time, the northwest of Shandong must be firmly controlled in order to ensure the safety of the southern Hebei region, which will be the bridgehead of eastern Henan in the future, in the flank direction.

As for fighting the Japanese army first after the arrival of Tao Jingfei's unit, Chen Hanzhang, the front-line commander, will make specific arrangements according to the actual situation. Whether to fight the enemy in Texas first or to solve the two divisions of the Japanese army in the battlefield east of Texas is up to Chen Hanzhang to decide, and there is no need to ask for instructions on everything.

Yang Zhen repeatedly informed Chen Hanzhang in the telegram that all the participating troops in the entire Jilu border battlefield, whether it was Tao Jingfei's reinforcements or Du Kaishan's interspersed troops, including the troops of the Bohai Naval Region. All belong to the unified command of Chen Hanzhang, and all the determinations are made by Chen Hanzhang.

With the full support of No. 1, Chen Hanzhang's deployment adjustment was quite fast. After receiving Yang Zhen's callback, Chen Hanzhang issued the order as soon as possible. Tao Jingfei, who was advancing to the Jilu border, was ordered to unify the command of all the participating troops in the entire battlefield east of Dezhou, and to encircle and annihilate the 115th Division and the 120th Division of the 15th Division in the battlefield east of Dezhou.

The main energy also has to take into account the front of Texas, as well as Chen Hanzhang in the battlefield west of Texas, which is somewhat lacking. Tao Jingfei's two divisions commanding reinforcements arrived, and finally one person helped him share the responsibility. So he happily handed over the command of the battlefield east of Texas to Tao Jingfei.

As for whether Tao Jingfei can enter the state in the shortest time, Chen Hanzhang is not worried. Since the start of the second phase of the battle, in accordance with Yang Zhen's request, Chen Hanzhang has given a detailed report on the progress and situation of the entire Eastern Front cluster operation to Du Kaishan in Qikou and Tao Jingfei in Tianjin every day.

And Tao Jingfei and Du Kaishan also provided their own opinions on the development of the Jilu border war situation every day in accordance with Yang Zhen's instructions. Especially Tao Jingfei, who was on standby in Tianjin, at the request of Yang Zhen, not only had to put forward his own opinions, but also came up with his own targeted plan.

As for Yang Zhen's thoughts on why he did this, Chen Hanzhang, as one of the senior commanders that Yang Zhen attaches the most importance to, still understands and understands. First, when it is necessary to change commanders, it will not affect the changes and development of the battle situation because of the change of commanders.

After all, no one can say for sure what is going on the battlefield, and if the senior commander in front of him dies or other problems arise, it is not impossible to temporarily change the commander. This will allow possible replacements in the rear to be transferred to the front or to change the direction of operations without being ignorant of the battle situation ahead.

Second, by using this kind of war situation report and sand table operation, cadres at all levels can have a certain degree of mutual exchange. The troops, who are not waiting in the rear for some reason, do not know anything about the battle situation in front. Letting the troops in the rear grasp the battle situation in front in advance can allow the troops to enter the state in the shortest possible time after being put into the battlefield.

This method of mutual exchange can improve the level and knowledge of commanders at all levels and find each other's own shortcomings. Senior commanders, in particular, can make use of this kind of mutual exchange at the strategic level to enhance their own capabilities and insights.

This model has also played a very important role in the development of the anti-union alliance, which is already insufficient among senior commanders. During the Battle of 43 years, Du Kaishan was urgently transferred to the front to replace Liu Changshun, and Tao Jingfei was urgently transferred to replace Du Kaishan. In this battle, Tao Jingfei was urgently transferred to the Tianjin battlefield to replace Wang Xiaoming, who needed to be transferred back to the northeast because of the war situation, and he entered the state at the first time without any impact on the command.

This unique mode of training commanders in the Anti-Japanese Federation is a bit too cumbersome. However, under the circumstance that the war situation was tense and there was not much time to learn how to train commanders in academies and universities, the shortcomings of the short training time for commanders at all levels were also effectively compensated.

For the overall progress of the entire Jilu border battlefield during this period, as well as the development of the entire battle situation. Although Tao Jingfei has not been able to visit the front line in person, his mastery can still be said to be quite comprehensive. The transfer of command of the battlefield east of Texas to Tao Jingfei will not have any impact on the battle situation, which Chen Hanzhang is quite confident about.

And the two divisions commanded by Tao Jingfei, who had been on standby in Tianjin all this time and were choking enough, also moved quite fast. When Du Kaishan began to intersperse, he had already rushed to the territory of Qingyun and Nanpi. After receiving Chen Hanzhang's telegram, in the shortest possible time, Tao Jingfei, who had straightened out the command relationship, was divided into two ways.

A division that had entered the territory of Nanpi was directly pressed towards the 115th Division. The other division, in accordance with Chen Hanzhang's orders, advanced covertly on the retreat route north of Qingyun towards Yanagawa Shinichi. At the same time that Yanagawa Shinichi began to retreat one after another, this division had secretly arrived at the Yanwu line in the lower reaches of the Shinuji River, west of Oyama Street.

Two regiments were deployed along both flanks of the old road of the Sinusi River, preparing to flank the retreating forces of the 120th Division. A reinforced battalion attached to an anti-aircraft machine-gun company was deployed along the Maji River south of Yanwu. Prevent the 120th Division, after being frustrated in the encirclement, from turning south to forcibly cross the Maji River and escape.

The remaining two battalions were reinforced with a 107 rocket artillery company, a heavy mortar company, and two 75 mountain guns. After the main force of the 120th Division entered Yan's housework, it quickly seized the Li Battalion in Dongsanli and cut off its rear road. On the line from Yanjia to Dongsanli, give the 120th Division a four-sided encirclement.

Of course, Tao Jingfei, who already knew the entire retreat plan of the 120th Division, would not let the 120th Division from Ningling to Qingyun withdraw to the front line of the Yan family too easily. The division that was under his personal command and pressed towards the front of the 115th Division, one of the three infantry regiments under his command, when pressing on the whole line, pointed directly at the 259th Wing that was left behind by Yanagawa Shinichi and located on the front line of Huangjia Town.

Tao Jingfei's mind is very clear, the current number of remaining Japanese troops in the entire battlefield east of Texas is less than his two fully formed infantry divisions, and all of them are invested in a certain direction. Whether it is the 115th Division or the 120th Division, they will not be able to use their own efforts when the original troops still have a certain combat effectiveness.

Especially to fight the ambush of the remnants of the 120th Division, and dispatch two divisions in one go, in Tao Jingfei's opinion, this is really a bit of a fuss. After comprehensively analyzing the number of remaining troops of the two divisions and the situation of the entire battlefield, Tao Jingfei still decided to divide the troops into two routes.

One division set up an ambush on the retreat route of the 120th Division and was responsible for solving the two wings of the 120th Division. The other division cooperated with the original participating troops on the battlefield from Ningjin to Leling to carry out a thorough encirclement and annihilation of the 115th Division and the 259th Wing of the 120th Division.

Lieutenant General Shinichi Yanagawa had a variety of thoughts, and a telegram bought an express ticket to hell for the remnants of his 120th Division. The sudden attack on Lieutenant General Hideyoshi Sugiura and the headquarters of the 115th Division had an even more fatal impact on the 115th Division, which was already struggling.

The 115th Division, which had its brains shattered, fell into chaos on the whole front after the division headquarters was knocked out and lost its overall command. Coupled with the continuous counterattack tactics adopted by the face-to-face resistance alliance, it was unable to retreat smoothly. The various departments, which were already at the end of the crossbow, were basically in a situation of fighting on their own.

The most important thing was Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitarō's latest order, urging the 115th Division to speed up its retreat, which Lieutenant General Hideyoshi Sugiura had just received, and before he could convey it downward, let alone formulate a detailed retreat plan, the division headquarters was devastated.

The anti-coalition troops that secretly attacked the regimental headquarters of his division adopted the tactics of quick attack and quick withdrawal. After getting the things he needed, he blew up all the communication equipment of the 115th Division and quickly evacuated. By the time the troops sent by the nearby 85th Brigade arrived, the entire headquarters of the 115th Division was in ruins, and there was not a single person alive.

This order followed his division headquarters and went with them to meet Amaterasu. As a direct result, the troops below are still unaware. When the troops under Tao Jingfei's command pressed over, they were still desperately trying to get rid of the face-to-face anti-coalition forces that were too entangled with themselves in accordance with the first order, and they were shrinking their forces very slowly.

The 115th Division, which had no way to entangle with the anti-coalition forces in front of it, and was even tighter than the 120th Division, was not so easy to retreat. The whole position between the two armies is intertwined, you have me, I have you. The two armies are like two wrestlers, holding each other to the death, and it is not easy for anyone to get out.

In fact, in terms of situation, the actual situation of the 115th Division is even worse than that of the 120th Division. Although the 120th Division is said to be in the same way as the anti-coalition troops in person, it is also staggered in the shape of canine teeth. However, the overall vitality is still relatively complete, and the depth position is still controlled in their own hands. At the very least, the combat system of each wing is still roughly intact.

The 115th Division on the Ningjin front, because it was located at the junction between the entire battlefield east of Dezhou and Dezhou, was far more critical than the 120th Division. From the very beginning of this counteroffensive operation, it encountered a hard stubble. A reinforced division of the Anti-Japanese Union, which it was fighting against in person, has always repeatedly fought for every inch of land with the 115th Division with stubborn defense and constant tactical counterattacks.

The two armies went back and forth on the battlefield for several tens of kilometers from the upper reaches of the Sinusi River in the west to the Citoubao line in the east, and the fierce fighting was far greater than that of the 120th Division. In the course of nearly a month of fierce fighting, its entire front was changing almost every day. Compared with the 120th Division on the Leling battlefield, the opponents they encountered were even more difficult.

If you attack head-on, I'll flank and detour. You attack with both wings, and I will blossom in the center. If you launch a group charge, I will cover it directly with artillery fire. On the battlefield of Ningjin, the two armies were on the battlefield, and the eight immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers. All kinds of tactical means have been used, almost everything that can be used. >