Half a month has passed since the first victory of the Northern Expedition and Leng Kite recovered the middle area of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

There are many speculations about Leng Kite's further actions, whether it is civilian military enthusiasts or staff officers of the headquarters, they all agree that at this time, the army should stop and overhaul fortifications along the Yellow River, clean up the remnants of the territory and stabilize the people's livelihood, and then make a good plan after a few years when the whole line is stable.

In fact, the Generalissimo of the Republic also sent a telegram to the Leng Kite Army, suggesting that it be repaired in situ and send men to maintain law and order in the city, so as to maintain this hard-won victory.

But just like the astonishing moves of the first phase of the Northern Expedition, Leng Kite's approach shocked the world again, and she began a military operation across the Yellow River after a short period of repair.

But at present, the situation faced by Leng Kite is that the main force of the northern rebels has been firmly rooted in the two provinces of Jin and Lu, and is threatening the south in a pincer shape, and it is difficult to imagine the consequences of rashly crossing the river in front of this already mature defense line.

The more serious problem is that if we really want to strike while the iron is hot and take advantage of the courage to recover the Central Plains and swallow the north, it should also launch a fierce all-out offensive, with the whole army crossing the Yellow River in unison, and at the same time sending aviation regiments and paratroopers to threaten its hinterland and tear apart the enemy's formation in one fell swoop.

In fact, Leng Kite's approach is incomprehensible, she neither conservatively trimmed nor attacked, but crossed the river in a rainy form like a probe, in small quantities and many times.

When the Red Army crossed the river, it was hit with heavy artillery and machine guns, and if it encountered artillery bombardment from the opposite bank, it would hide in bunkers, and come out again after the shelling was over, and according to the shortcomings of the limited supply of light troops in the Republic of the Republic, it continued to carry out a movement war that pulled back and forth, playing the "magnetic tactics" used by the US military on the Korean battlefield in the old era.

For this skillful and classic tactic, Leng Kite's approach is surprising, she still maintains that kind of unhurried offensive, advancing and not advancing, retreating and not retreating, and the offensive launched is not threatening, which makes people wonder.

Under the increasingly serious attrition, the fighting spirit of the Republican Radiance soldiers was swallowed like a tiger from the beginning of the continuous battle, slowly being consumed, and gradually depressed, and finally falling to the freezing point.

Coupled with the fact that the generals continued to send scouts and special operators to the other side of the Yellow River and carried out the "cold guns and cold artillery" operations, the number of Republican Hui soldiers who died in sneak attacks and guerrillas was far greater than that on the frontal battlefield.

Later, these Red Army officers and soldiers were numb, and sometimes when they sat together for dinner, their comrades were suddenly killed by rebel snipers, and they did not react much, but just wiped the blood on their faces like walking corpses, and continued to gnaw on bread sluggishly.

For this situation, the old marshal in the capital Chang'an is more anxious than anyone else, he had not slept well because of Leng Kite's slaughter of the city before, and now he has this kind of moth, and the old marshal seems to be ten years old in less than a month.

In the conference room, a large number of powerful generals, including Liu Fusu and Yue Runsheng, were gathered to discuss Leng Kite's Northern Expedition.

"What will the eagle do! Either advance or retreat, it means to be hit as a target by someone like this! Don't you treat soldiers as human beings?! "A general who had a little holiday with Leng Kite took the opportunity to launch an offensive.

If it was usual, Liu Fusu, who had a good personal relationship with Leng Kite, might still say a few words, but he really couldn't say a word now, because he really couldn't understand what Leng Kite was planning.

The art of war is cloudy, attacking like a storm and storm, and defending like shaking Mount Tai.

The old marshal asked you to shrink down first and keep the territory you fell, but you don't listen to the cold kite, you have to fight! Yes! If you want to fight, you can also fight! But if you want to fight you, fight hard, take advantage of the morale of the raptor to cross the river, seize the strategic location on the other side in one go, and then the army will continue to press the border and start a duel.

But what do you mean by not advancing or retreating now? Defending but refusing to defend well, fighting but refusing to fight seriously, not concentrating superior forces to break through, but crossing the river softly, was used as a target for practice by the rebels, and lost the lives of the soldiers in vain.

Yue Runsheng, who had always been silent, suddenly whispered, "Does the Eagle General want Xu Tu?" ”

"This female martyr is by no means a slow Xu Tu." The old marshal's forehead was covered with a fine cold sweat, his bloodshot eyes were staring at the complex strategic map, and he said in a low voice, "The eagle general's move must have a deep meaning." ”

"Marshal, with all due respect, what does it mean?" The general jumped up again, opened his mouth and said, "The rebels have gathered heavy troops in the two provinces of Jin and Lu to form a complete defensive circle, and now the whole army is pressed on the line of the Yellow River. ”

The old marshal had more cold sweat on his head, he knew that this general was Leng Kite's political enemy, and the main purpose of his speech now was also to damage Leng Kite's reputation, but the old marshal really couldn't find fault with it, because this general hit the nail on the head!

Leng Kite also wrote in the plan report submitted that when he crossed the river to the north, he would break through with superior forces and not make many stops, but it was written so well in writing, how could it be implemented so badly!

Could it be... Scared?

The old marshal has always believed that there is no word "afraid" in Leng Kite's dictionary, and judging from her previous actions, this is indeed the case.

But now, apart from this, the old marshal really can't find a second explanation!

People who commit this kind of taboo are either stupid or afraid, Leng Kite is the proud protégé of Jiangzong, it can't be a fool, then the only explanation is that he is afraid.

The casualties of such a frontal crossing are very high and require a great deal of determination on the part of the commander.

In the old era, on the day when Taizu pacified the Eight Wildernesses, Zhongshan was pale and yellow, and millions of heroes crossed the river, listening to the bold and domineering, but in fact, the pressure on the Red Army was not small.

The republican Red Army, which was like a tiger in the past, felt the pressure, and the commanders of the new generation were no exception.

When encountering this kind of river-crossing campaign, commanders must have a huge casualty estimate in their minds, and many commanders often feel chilled after learning of the casualty estimates, thinking that it is difficult to bear such losses, but they are unwilling to retreat, and a situation will occur in which they command a small group of troops to advance forward, thinking that such losses will be relatively small.

In fact, this hesitant style of play seems to be a small single loss, but it will be like a rainy day, and countless small losses will accumulate into a huge number, and in the end, even if you succeed in winning, the loss will only be greater than the decisive breakthrough, if you lose, it will be a complete collapse.

This is a mistake that generals often make in commanding the army, and it is not ashamed to make it, but the problem is that the old marshal has repeatedly reminded Leng Kite, but she still hasn't corrected it, and still goes her own way, which is really hard to figure out!

At this time, another general reminded in a low voice: "Generalissimo, according to the latest statistics, an average of one battalion of our army has been wiped out every day. ”

Cold sweat dripped from the old marshal's forehead, a battalion, that's more than 400 lives, one battalion a day, this situation has lasted for almost two weeks, that is to say, more than 4,000 troops have been eaten, even if it is calculated according to half of the casualties, at least 2,000 people have died.

These are all good soldiers of the motherland...

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