After the executive meeting of the Central Military Commission was convened, Huang Ke found the generals in the front-line theater to talk to them one by one.

The conversation of the others was not long, and the longest was Liu Jian from East China.

In the office, after Liu Jian sat down, Huang Ke asked people to make tea and bring it over, he knew that Liu Jian neither smoked nor drank, so he specially prepared some tea in the office.

After the big red robe was soaked, the two sat at the reception table in Huang Ke's office and tasted it. Huang Ke smiled and said: "I'm still not used to drinking this oolong tea, I still like green tea a little more." ”

Liu Jian picked up the teacup in front of him and smiled slightly: "I just have to drink it." ”

"You don't have a lot of tea in North China, so take some from me when you leave. I have a lot of tea here, and I can't finish it. After Huang Ke finished speaking, he called his secretary Chen Liewen and said, "You go and take some Pu'er tea and everything they gave me from Batu last time, and pack it up for Commander Liu to take away." ”

Seeing that Huang Ke was so concerned, Liu Jian hurriedly stood up and said, "No need, no need." ”

Huang Ke waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Don't get in the way, accepting things from superiors is not considered a violation of discipline." ”

After a while, Chen Liewen came over with the packed tea leaves or something. He smiled and said to Liu Jian: "Commander Liu, I'll put this in your car first." ”

Liu Jian stood up to express his gratitude, and Huang Ke waved his hand to signal him to return to his original seat. Huang Ke sat very close to him, like two old friends gossiping.

After tasting a few sips of tea and a few more gossip, Huang Ke began to cut to the chase, and he asked: "Liu Jian, tell me the truth, what is the war situation in North China?" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jian stroked his glasses, thought for a moment and said: "Among the three major theaters, the air force and armored forces in the North China battlefield are the weakest. Of course, I'm not here to complain to my old commander, but to ask you for a gun. ”

Huang Ke interrupted him with a smile and said, "You just want it, do you see it?" These days, in order to transfer troops, I have pulled out all the troops of Cui Wu in the northwest. Now if the Soviets come over, our northwest is really irreconcilable. ”

Liu Jian nodded: "We all know the specific national and military conditions, and we did not expect that the Military Commission would be able to increase the strength of each theater this time." In terms of soldiers, I think North China is a little lacking in playing style? ”

Huang Ke listened carefully, and he motioned for Liu Jian to continue.

"Now Okamura Ninji sent a division to attack Puyang from Shandong, the purpose is simply for the oil fields. First of all, this division is a lone army, but at the moment the troops are fighting very tenaciously, they are advancing very slowly, and there are not many supporting troops, I wonder if it is possible to use the 'concentration of superior forces' to defeat one of his divisions? ”

"Okay, tell me what you think." Huang Kedao.

Liu Jian said: "I want to lure the enemy deep and concentrate three armies in the Luyu area to fight for one breath and eat this division." Let Okamura Ninji have one finger less. ”

Huang Ke nodded: "In terms of specific operational command, I don't participate in any opinions. But there is one principle, Puyang cannot be lost, and the wheels of the tanks of several armies will not be able to turn if they are lost. ”

Liu Jian said solemnly: "Commander, please rest assured. ”

Huang Ke nodded, and the two of them deliberated in detail about the next step of the military operation deployment, after which Liu Jian left.

After the military meeting, the generals at all levels returned to their war zones one after another. Sure enough, a new round of large-scale Japanese attacks began. In the Northeast Theater, Lin Zuoda still relied on strong mobility and perfect firepower configuration to confront head-on this time; On the East China front, Li Zongren commanded the troops to engage in fierce street battles with the Japanese army in Suzhou; On the front line in North China, Liu Nuran implemented his plan to lure the enemy into depth, and defeated the defenders of Zhonggou in the fifth division of the Japanese army one after another, and began to march to the Puyang line.

Traveling to the western part of Shandong, the Fifth Division, that is, the Hiroshima Division, received the news that its subordinate Kawasaki Brigade had been completely annihilated, and when it received the news, it was already three days after the total annihilation of the Kawasaki Brigade.

None of the Kawasaki Brigade was spared, which led to the lag in information, or the wing to which it belonged did not receive news from the Kawasaki Brigade for a few days, and sent scouts to look for it but did not find it, or when the Chinese military announced this retaliatory action to the outside world, they suddenly realized that they went to look for the location reported in the newspaper, and only then did they find the location where the Kawasaki Brigade was eliminated.

When he heard the news, the division commander Imamura was shocked. He is well aware of the strength of the Kawasaki Brigade, which has been a fist unit since it was transferred from Manchuria to Shandong. It is said that even if such a fully formed brigade encounters a strong enemy on the front line, it will not be completely annihilated, let alone in the rear that has already been occupied.

Imamura couldn't figure it out, and the commander of the 21st Wing, Sasaki Gozo, who was on the side, stepped forward and said: "Judging from the news released by the Shina military and the scene, the Shina army used dive bombers at night to carry out intensive bombing of the Kawasaki Brigade station, and with the cooperation of their ground forces, it led to the total annihilation of the Kawasaki Brigade. ”

Imamura shook his head and sighed: "None of the thousands of warriors survived, if it weren't for the announcement of the branch, we wouldn't know, Sasaki-kun, why don't you even have basic contact?" When Chief Okamura learned of this, he was furious, saying that it was the greatest humiliation of the Imperial Army since its departure. ”

"Hayi!" Sasaki was ashamed.

Imamura continued: "In any case, the Kawasaki Brigade cannot delay the entire division's offensive plan. I'll personally report to Chief Okamura, and let's move on to the next step of the attack. ”

Imamura, along with the captains and staff officers, continued to discuss the next step of the attack. A staff officer pointed to the map: "At present, the 11th Wing, the vanguard of our army, has broken the multi-channel defense line built by the Zhina Army and advanced to the border area between Shandong and Henan, less than 100 miles away from the Puyang oil field in China. The 11th Wing encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese army on this line, and they asked the follow-up troops to speed up their pace, rush to this area as soon as possible, and concentrate their forces to capture Puyang. ”

Chief of Staff Takahashi Ryuichi touched his chin and said: "This line of defense is the last line of defense of the Chinese Army in Puyang, and at present, they have dispatched two armies and one infantry division to build a defense line here, and it seems that they are going to make a posture of stubborn resistance." ”

"After breaking this line of defense, the Puyang Oilfield is just around the corner." One Nakasa said excitedly.

But their suggestion made the chief of staff Tada worried, he thought for a moment and said: "If the whole army moves here, then our division will go deep into the enemy's hinterland alone, and now our air force has not yet been able to gain air supremacy over China, and the lone army is deep in the encirclement of the Zhina army, it is better to consolidate the position first, and wait for the arrival of other nearby divisions and regiments before attacking Puyang." ”

Before Chief of Staff Tada's words were finished, Wing Captain Sasaki interrupted his suggestion, and he said calmly: "Chief of Staff, according to your opinion, then Chief Okamura does not need to send us here, then the strategic significance of the surprise attack will be lost." ”

"Sasaki-kun, it is taboo for a soldier to go deep alone, what if you fall into an ambush?" Chief of Staff Tada was-for-tat.

"The capture of the Puyang oil field is of great significance to our army, and now that the Chinese army has collapsed, our army is pursuing at this time." Sasaki didn't back down, and the two even quarreled with you and me.

"Alright guys!" As the commander of the division, Imamura-kun naturally wanted to stop this verbal conflict at this time, and both of them stopped talking. At this time, Imamura Jun frowned, and then he said with a straight face: "Our army is advancing here to attack Puyang, how can we cower because of doubtful soldiers, you don't need to say much, I now order, the 11th Wing and the 21st Wing march to the front line, and the whole army will concentrate on attacking Puyang, and be sure to take Puyang City within seven days." ”

"Hayi!" Everyone replied immediately.

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After Zhao Tinghui was sentenced, Huang Zheng always wanted to talk to his mother Zhao Xiaowan about it in person, but he didn't dare to go home when he returned to Nanjing on business several times. He was afraid that his mother would blame him, and secondly, because of the rush of time, he was in a hurry every time he came.

However, Zhao Xiaowan is not as stingy and ignorant as he imagined, after learning that Huang Zheng came to Nanjing on business, she also specifically told Huang Ke to let Zheng'er go home and have a look.

Huang Ke called him at noon and said that your mother misses you and wants you to go home for dinner in the evening. In the end, Huang Ke also blamed and said, you haven't gone to your home to see how many times you have been back to Nanjing, do you want to learn Dayu to control the water? I have long said that if a person does not even love his family, can he be expected to love this country?

After listening to Huang Ke's reprimand, Huang Zheng realized that he had some villainous hearts. Hey, my home is always warm, although my brother and sister are not at home now, but there are still parents at home, as well as familiar grandmother, Master Chen and others.

It's time to go back and check it out.

It is more than ten miles from the office to the Huang Mansion on Jiangjun Road, and Huang Zheng's level is not equipped with a special car, and he doesn't want to be special, so when he goes home, he usually takes the public tram.

After coming out of the building of the Central Party Headquarters in the afternoon, he went straight to a tram that had just arrived, when someone shouted "Wait a minute!" ”

Huang Zheng looked back, a young man in a lapel national uniform ran over, he reached out and pulled the person, and after pulling it up, he noticed that the person who came up turned out to be Han Guang.

"Han Guang, I didn't expect to meet you here!" Huang Zheng happily punched him.

Han Guang was also quite surprised and surprised to see Huang Zheng, and he smiled: "We haven't seen each other for a while!" Let's go, go ahead for a drink. ”