There were only two people in the lounge, Admiral Li and Vice President Bai. Admiral Li took a puff of cigarette and said with a faint look: "Jiansheng, why do you think Jiang is looking for Yue Weihan at this time?"
"Does that need to be said?" Vice President Bai said, "I must be asking for advice on how to deal with it."
Having said this, Vice President Bai added: "More than a month ago, Yue Weihan firmly opposed the Xuzhou battle proposed by Jiang. Jiang refused to listen, which resulted in today's crisis. I think at this moment, Jiang
I'm afraid that someone's intestines have turned green, right? Yue Weihan has obviously become his only life-saving straw."
Admiral Li said: "Maybe... this guy Yue Weihan really comes up with a countermeasure."
"I don't know if Yue Weihan can come up with countermeasures." Vice President Bai shook his head and said, "But I know that Jiang is actually not unprepared. He has already prepared a desperate plan to protect himself."
"A plan to wipe out every household?" Admiral Li said solemnly, "You mean..."
Vice President Bai's expression suddenly turned to regret, and then he nodded heavily.
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Xuzhou, the gate of the garrison headquarters.
Yue Weihan sent Chairman Chiang out of the gate. Before getting into the car, Chairman Chiang called Yue Weihan in front of him again and said in a serious tone: "My dearest friend, before I leave, I have two words to say to you. In times of crisis,
These two words may save your life or even the lives of all the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Brigade."
Yue Weihan quickly stood up and said: "Please express my opinion."
Chairman Chiang nodded and said: "Stretch out your hand."
Hearing this, Yue Weihan stretched out his hand. Chairman Chiang took out a pen and wrote two words on Yue Weihan's palm. He then turned around and boarded the car and drove away. Yue Weihan slowly took back his right hand and opened his palm. On the palm of his hand, he saw the words "dig embankment" clearly written on it.
"" Two words, Yue Weihan's heart suddenly trembled. "Dig the embankment. Is this a secret order issued by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek?"
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The next day, the fifth theater commander's meeting room.
"Now I order...Chairman Chiang suddenly stood up, and the senior generals of the party and state present at the meeting followed suit. Chairman Chiang glanced across the faces of the senior generals present, and then said loudly, "Yu Xuezhong!"
"Yes!" Yu Xuezhong, commander-in-chief of the 3rd Group Army, quickly stood up to attention and responded loudly.
"Lead the 3rd Group Army and Zhang Zizhong and other departments with a total of seven divisions to attack eastward from Bengbu. After breaking through the Japanese encirclement, they stationed troops in the border area of Jiangsu and Shandong to form the Sulu Theater, with Yu Xuezhong as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Zizhong as the deputy commander-in-chief.
Commander, rely on favorable terrain to carry out extensive guerrilla operations behind enemy lines."
"yes!"
"Sun Lianzhong."
"have!"
"Led the 2nd Group Army and other units with a total of nine divisions to attack northward from Jining, Chucheng, Tengxian, Zaozhuang, Juxian and other places. After breaking through separately, they moved to the Yimeng Mountain area in central Shandong and established the central Shandong war zone. Sun Lianzhong
As commander-in-chief, he also relied on the favorable terrain in the Yimeng Mountains to carry out extensive guerrilla operations."
"yes!"
"Li Pinxian."
"have!"
"Led the 11th Group Army, 27th Group Army and other units, totaling eight divisions, to attack westward along the Longhai Line from Xuzhou. After breaking through the Japanese encirclement, they were transferred to the battle order of the First Theater."
"yes!"
"The rest of the troops will rush south from Xuzhou overnight to attack Mengcheng after nightfall, cross the Dabie Mountains and return to defend Wuhan to camp, and then choose the opportunity to fight the Japanese aggressors!"
"Yes!" The senior generals of the national army present at the meeting agreed loudly.
"The meeting is dismissed." Chairman Chiang said and turned around to leave. The senior generals of the national army who attended the meeting also turned and left the conference room. Immediately, the entire Xuzhou City began to become noisy. Originally, fractals were resting in the villages and towns outside Xuzhou City.
The troops began to assemble one after another, and the weapons and ammunition stored in the munitions warehouse were also distributed to individual soldiers.
Just when the Japanese base camp thought that the Chinese army on the battlefield in Xuzhou was just waiting to be killed, the Chinese army unexpectedly launched a counterattack of unprecedented scale!
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Jinan, the frontline command post of the dispatch squad in the Japanese army base camp.
The telegrams in the telecommunications room kept ringing, and the telephones rang one after another. Most of the staff officers from various departments were in a hurry and had serious expressions. The huge simulation sandbox in the war room was already crowded with combat staff officers.
General Teruchi and Lieutenant General Okabe, who had just arrived in Jinan on a special plane, were also among them.
Lieutenant General Okabe held the command stick and connected several points on the sand table, and said to the general in the temple with a stern expression: "Your Excellency, General, last night, the Chinese Army on the Xuzhou battlefield suddenly launched an unprecedented counterattack, except for one along the Longhai Line.
Attack to the west, and the other two groups will attack the Sulu border and the central Shandong area respectively."
"Huh?" the general in the temple frowned, "attack the Sulu border and central Shandong areas respectively?"
After saying this, the general in the temple said again: "How does the dispatch team judge the counterattack attempt of the Chinese Army?"
Lieutenant General Okabe said: "Your Excellency, General, the counterattack of the China Army was extremely sudden, and the direction of the attack was unexpected. However, the dispatch squad's staff initially judged that this should be just a cover-up of the China Army, because the size of these three Chinese armies was all
There are less than ten divisions, and judging from their numbers, most of them are miscellaneous members of the China Army, with only a few directly affiliated with the Central Army."
"A blinding method?" The general in the temple nodded happily, "Yoshi, do you mean to say that the sudden counterattack of the three-way China Army was just to cover the main force of China's breakout?"
"Hai." Lieutenant General Okabe said, "That should be it."
The general in the temple said: "Then in which direction do you think China's elite main force will break out?"
"It should still be the Longhai Line." Lieutenant General Okabe said, "Because the Longhai Railway line west of Xuzhou is still in the hands of the Chinese Army. In order to evacuate the Xuzhou battlefield as soon as possible, the Chinese Army will definitely choose to follow the Longhai Railway
Retreat, and the Long-Hai Railway also intersects with the Ping-Han Line. Retreating from the Long-Hai Railway can receive support from the China Army in the direction of the Ping-Han Railway."
The general in the temple asked: "Have the aviation scouts found anything?"
Lieutenant General Okabe said: "The aviation reconnaissance force has just sent back a report that Xuzhou Railway Station is urgently loading supplies, and many Chinese troops are gathering near the train station. Judging from the numbers, these Chinese troops are all affiliated with the 20th Corps.
, that is, the Tang Enbo Corps, which is the Central Army of Chiang Kai-shek's direct line!"
"Yo Xi." The general in the temple nodded and said happily, "In order to ensure that the Longhai Railway can be cut off and the main elite Chinese force in the Xuzhou area be annihilated, I think it is necessary to transfer the 5th and 25th Divisions to the Luxi Group
, to ensure the defeat of the Chinese army attacking westward along the Longhai Railway."
After saying this, the general in the temple added: "In addition, the heavy military groups originally scheduled to encircle Xuzhou do not need to pay attention to the Chinese army that is attacking the Sulu border and central Shandong areas. The main combat task of the imperial army is to encircle and annihilate the main Chinese force on the Xuzhou battlefield.
, as for these two Chinese partial divisions, just send four to six divisions to follow and pursue them!"
"Hai." Lieutenant General Okabe lowered his head suddenly and said, "General, you are wise."
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Xuzhou, railway station.
More than 500 "criminal officers and soldiers" from the death camp directly under the Baoshan Brigade are nervously transporting "munitions".
The so-called munitions are actually just large and small wooden boxes filled with stones. However, people who don't know the inside story will never see any flaws when they see them, and it is even less likely that the Japanese reconnaissance planes in the sky will find any flaws.
Around the train station, there are still a large number of national army troops gathering, and the flag they are flying is the "Twentieth Legion of the National Revolutionary Army". At this moment, Tang Enbo, who is on standby in the woods twenty miles south of Xuzhou City, has no idea.
His "troops" actually fought their way back to Xuzhou City in a daze.
At a certain moment, a shrill air-raid siren suddenly sounded from the top of Xuzhou City.
The Nationalist officers and soldiers who were nervously loading supplies and who were assembling towards the train station immediately dispersed. When the bomber group of the Japanese Aviation Corps of the North China Front arrived over the Xuzhou train station, there was not even a ghost in the entire train station.
There was nothing left, only a truck at the stop and a large amount of scattered arms.
Although no Nationalist troops were found, the lead aircraft still chose to drop the bombs without hesitation. The wingmen who followed also dropped the randomly carried aerial bombs, and then swooped down and hit the empty Xuzhou Railway Station twice.
Machine Gun, then he fluttered his wings and flew away with great satisfaction.
The Japanese bombers flew away, and Yue Weihan walked out of the underground bunker surrounded by Liu Yi and the commander of the death battalion Li Qinglong. He stretched out his hand to dust himself off. Yue Weihan turned back to Liu Yi and said: "Chief of Staff, immediately order additional 1
Regiment, add 2 regiments to leave the city on foot and head west along the Longhai Line."
After saying this, he added: "Let the 1st Supplementary Regiment and the 2nd Supplementary Regiment quietly return to the city after dark, and then continue to leave the city after dawn tomorrow and march westward along the Longhai Line. If possible, let the special agent team
Mobilize tens of thousands of Xuzhou people and let them wear the uniforms of the national army to confuse the Japanese reconnaissance planes in the sky."
"Yes." Liu Yi stood at attention and immediately took the order and left.
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Jinan, the frontline command post of the dispatch squad in the Japanese army base camp.
In the war room, Lieutenant General Okabe strode up to General Terauchi, suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, General, the bomber group of the Air Force directly under the Front Army has bombed the Xuzhou Railway Station. According to the reconnaissance plane, the main personnel inside the Xuzhou Railway Station have just been reported.
Most of the facilities have been destroyed, and the Chinese army is marching on foot along the Longhai Line."
"Yo Xi." The general in the temple nodded happily, "Without the train, the retreat speed of the China Army will be greatly slowed down. In this way, Lord Xiwei's second army will have enough time to go south to capture Shangqiu. As long as Shangqiu is captured,
The Longhai Railway will be completely cut off, and the Chinese Army's escape route to the west will also be completely blocked!"
Lieutenant General Okabe also said: "What the General said is absolutely true, everything is already under the control of the imperial army."
"Yes." The general in the temple said happily, "Okabe-kun, the Xuzhou battle plan formulated by the frontline command post of the base camp's dispatch squad is very detailed, and the actual effect is also very good. The main Chinese force in the Xuzhou battlefield is probably doomed. If this battle is
If we win, all the elite main force of the China Army will be lost, and the China government's determination to resist will also be severely frustrated. I believe that the Greater East Asia Jihad will soon end."