Although the Eighth Division has been in battle for a long time, the transition between attack and defense in all the battles it has experienced is very slow, and it usually takes a day or more for the enemy to come out from behind the broken fortifications and launch a counterattack.

The front edge of Yokoyama was practically not well defended, only some camouflage was used to cover * and machine-gun positions. Huang Tianyang is a person who is accustomed to rushing and fighting, there is no strategy of detour, interspersing, bullying the enemy, etc., and he will not delay the fighter because of caution, he does not think that the enemy will have reserves and traps, and will isolate his weak, lacking infantry cover. He only knew that Chu Ting's chief had calculated that the "strong enemy was destroyed", so he rushed out without a head or a brain. In fact, Hengshan really didn't have any preparations, so Huang Tianyang's three-plate axe was extremely sharp.

The Japanese 8th Division could not resist for a while, and the battle line retreated, losing the hill where the headquarters was located. Hengshan was at the highest point, and seeing that the troops were defeated, he hurriedly dispersed with the command headquarters, and hurriedly fled with the headquarters.

Huang Tianyang brought reporters from Bangkok with the army, and soon the news of "sweeping" the enemy's 8th Division appeared in the newspapers, and the speed was so fast that he arrived in the Middle East before Chu Tingchang.

When Pavilion Chief Chu knew about Huang Tianyang's victory, he was accompanied by Stilwell to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Their trip to Cairo was quite tortuous, causing a lot of confusion for the British, and they ended up here.

The reason for everything was that Lin Xiuxuan, in order to prevent possible plots, kept suggesting that he temporarily change his route, but fortunately, Stilwell was with him, and Stilwell had a set of dealings with the British, so they started all the way from the East Indies, jumping between the various colonies controlled by the British, changing the route indiscriminately, in order to avoid assassination that did not actually exist.

The plane suddenly turned to Mumbai and then to Gujarat, and after flying over the Arabian Sea, it suddenly changed course and landed in Oman, a British protectorate, instead of going to Baghdad.

After taking off from Jordan and flying directly to Cairo, he encountered a sandstorm and temporarily landed in the politically unstable Jordan (where the anti-British struggle was breaking out), and then under the arrangement of the British Army, he took a car to Gaza, and was expected to cross the Suez Canal and enter Egypt by land.

Of course, the route was communicated to the British side, which means that the whereabouts may be leaked. Considering the entrenched presence of Canaris's Nazi intelligence network in French Syria, Lin Xiuxuan continued to suggest a change in course. Eventually, they made a surprise visit to Jerusalem.

Of course, it did come in a hurry. A premeditated assassination attempt could be disrupted to the greatest extent possible, but Jerusalem itself was not a peaceful place, and on the same day they arrived, the city was attacked by Zionists and the British occupation forces. This made Lin Xiuxuan nervous, at this moment he was leading the British guard troops, wandering around outside the cordon of Chu Tingchang, looking for possible suicide attackers, while Xu Chong was close to protect Chu Tingchang. Generally speaking, * is pursuing political sensation in order to achieve political demands, they may not know Chu Tingchang, but they will also attack because he is a big man in the Allies, not to mention, the German intelligence services may think that killing Chu Tingchang will help save the Axis powers.

Lin Xiuxuan immediately realized that the situation was wrong, he found that there were still a large number of British troops in the direction of the old city of Jerusalem, and it seemed that in addition to Lin Xiuxuan, there were other big people here. This is something that I don't have my own intelligence.

Chief Chu was not very worried about his safety, he had never been to Jerusalem, so he decided to take a good look.

In the distance, outside the security zone controlled by the military police, a group of people holding newspapers shouted: "Great victory in South Asia, Chu Ting's troops are about to attack the Japanese mainland!" "The vendor who looks like he sells newspapers also recognizes himself from the newspaper photo. He smiled and waved to the vendor.

Without waiting for him to speak, Xu Chong sent someone early to buy a few newspapers. These days, they're spinning around in the sky, but they've missed a lot of military information, and it looks like they're going to have to fill in the newspapers.

Chu Tingchang unfolded the English Daily Mail, looked at it a few times, and was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that Tao Mingzhang's position had stabilized, although there was no Tao Mingzhang's name between the lines, only the praise of Huang Tianyang. At first glance, Huang Tianyang is his successor. However, politics can be operated as long as there is an opportunity, and he is naturally well versed in these ways. In addition, he knew that Huang Tianyang had always had a good relationship with the media, and this victory was quite a lot, but from the perspective of the overall situation, it was very beneficial to China.

But flipping through the second page, there is bad news, the Japanese offensive in Henan has made some progress, and it seems that Luoyang has been captured by the Japanese army in North China.

The entire alliance is now more dependent on China, which means that on a range of issues such as Outer Mongolia, southern Tibet, the Ryukyus, Hong Kong, and South Asia, they can make offers. It's a pity that Lao Jiang's first war zone, neither early nor late, actually suffered a defeat at this point in time. The newspaper did not write about the loss, but it is estimated that it will not be small.

Chiang Kai-shek wanted to support it to counter Chu Tingchang or Sun Liren, Tang Enbo, the first brave general of the Central Plains, in a frizzy operation to take the initiative to recover Zhengzhou, was defeated by Gangcun Ningci with one-sixth of the troops, Zhengzhou was recaptured by the Japanese army again, not to mention, Luoyang also fell into the hands of the enemy. Now that the Japanese army has opened a passage to Central China in the south, or into Shaanxi in the west, it has gained great strategic flexibility. The only thing that Gangcun Ningji lacks is mobile troops.

It was precisely because the Eighth Route Army launched another attack on the Zhengtai Railway that Gangcun Ningci had no choice but to urgently transfer troops back to the north of the Yellow River to sweep up, otherwise, when Chairman Chiang returned from Cairo, he would find that the Japanese army had opened up the mainland communication line.

Huang Tianyang's great victory in breaking the enemy's main force abroad and Tang Enbo's defeat in China will obviously give Britain and the United States a very confused feeling. There will also inevitably be a huge gap in their impression of the Chinese army, which does not exist in other theaters of the world war.

"Huang Tianyang's victory came at a good time," Stilwell said, "or Henan's defeat would have made Peanut's face gloomy." ”

His tone was a little cynical, and now he firmly believed that Chu Tingchang was on his side.

Ever since Chiang Kai-shek's attempt to kidnap Chu Tingchang, Stilwell has felt more and more that this man's continued power in China will no longer have a positive effect on the overall war situation.

"Yes, if Gangcun hadn't withdrawn to the north of the Yellow River, the enemy might have gone all the way south and opened up with the 11th Army in Central China."

"It seems that you also have research on the domestic situation?"

"Well, Deputy Commander Xiong, I will collect some domestic intelligence. I can guess the approximate use of troops by Okamura Ninji this time. It should be the 1st Army as the main force, attacking along the Yellow River, the 12th Army threatening Xuchang on the flank, and the 11th Army feints in Central China to attract the attention of our army from other directions. ”

"After the Yunnan-Burma Highway was reopened, we successively gave Chiang Kai-shek 24 divisions of equipment, and he focused on strengthening Tang Enbo's troops with these weapons, but the training did not keep up at all...... I knew he had intentions to retake Zhengzhou, and I suggested that he wait until the autumn to launch a counterattack, but he did it ahead of my back, presumably for the sake of face at the Cairo conference. It turned out like this. ”

"This defeat, will this make Lao Chiang lose face in front of Roosevelt?"

"That's natural, if, as you expected, it was the 1st Army in North China that conquered Luoyang, then the main forces were only the 110th and 115th divisions, all of which were second-rate troops, and those main forces that your troops fought in South Asia were not the same thing at all. It seems that those tanks given to Townenburg did not work either. ”

Chu Tingchang knew that the old Jiang had been stealing from himself, so he asked Jiang Weiguo and Liao Yaoxiang to compile armored teaching materials, and used US aid to establish an armored teaching unit, in an attempt to launch a beautiful counteroffensive in the Henan Plain, which is more suitable for armored warfare. But this time the game was smashed, and it may be that the weapons that were transported through the Yunnan-Burma Highway in the past six months have been wasted like this. His own tactics may have misled Lao Jiang to some extent, because his actions in solitary in-depth action were supported by information.

"There's a lot of chaos down the hill ahead, let's go over and take a look." Chu Ting's long hand put on the pergola and looked ahead.

"I bet you don't want to go there."

"Why?"

"I forgot to tell you, the Chairman and Madame, who are praying there in the Cathedral of the Holy Sepulchre."

"They're already in Egypt?"

"I also learned from the English that they were here, probably to show that they were devout Christians, and that they had been here for a few more days. Come to the cathedral every day to pray. ”

"Why didn't anyone notify me?"

"Because your chairman greeted the British, and he didn't want to be disturbed by the outside world, he just wanted to listen quietly to God's will, and I think it was just an excuse for him not to see you."

"In that case, we'll have to go over and say hello."

Chief Chu seemed to be interested, and it seemed that he didn't need to wait for Cairo to meet the old man first. He didn't bother to look at anything else, jumped into the jeep, and sped away towards the Cathedral of the Divine Tomb. It is said to be the place where Jesus carried the cross and rose again, which is obviously of great significance to Lao Jiang, who believes in Christ.

Chu Tingchang knew that Lao Jiang hated him, but at this time, he really wanted to meet with him privately before the meeting to coordinate his position, which was related to China's future, so he could only temporarily put aside his personal grievances.

The convoy headed for the Old City of Jerusalem. There are British soldiers on both sides of the road, due to the local Palestinian independence and Zionism, the British do not dare to slacken, of course, the garrison British troops also feel strange, why so many Chinese come here these days.

The convoy stopped at the bottom of the stairs, and Chu Tingchang jumped out of the jeep. The church on the hill is not large, it was originally just a cemetery, and the church was built later. The building is solemn*, with clergy and soldier handles on the staircase.

Someone came over to tell him: Gong and Mrs. Jiang are in the chapel on the mountain. Chu Tingchang and Stilwell walked up the steps to the mountain.

When I arrived outside the church, I saw Song Ziwen and Wang Shijie standing outside the door. Song Ziwen was gloomy, probably worried about the defeat at home, which would cast a shadow on the leader's foreign visit. I heard the sound of commotion, and when I looked up, I saw a group of people approaching.