Kasahara Yukio also said: "Suga, quickly ask the 27th Division to return to Tianjin to support Tianjin!"
"It's too late." Kaneko Keijiro sighed and said to Anami, "Your Excellency, Commander, Xu Rui has been coming to Tianjin from the beginning. He has never considered a decisive battle with the imperial army in Peiping.
Therefore, Tianjin cannot be saved no matter what, and the closed loop on the map must be closed no matter what."
"Nani?!" When Anan heard this, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
However, Yukio Kasahara jumped up like a kitten whose tail was stepped on, and roared loudly: "Even if the Chahar Independent Group really takes Tianjin, even if the closed loop on the map is really closed, it is still unclear who will win.
!Xu Rui wants to trap the main force of the North China Front Army to death, but that requires the Chahar Independent Regiment to last until the end!"
"Huh?" Anan Weiji's expression changed slightly for a moment, as if there was still a glimmer of hope?
"Sodes." Kanemitsu Keijiro paused heavily and continued, "This is exactly what I want to say to Your Excellency the Commander and Your Excellency the Chief of Staff. As Your Excellency the Chief of Staff said, even if Tianjin is lost, even if it is on the map
The encirclement is finally fully closed, and it is still unclear who will win, and the Imperial Army still has a glimmer of hope!"
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At the same time, at the Chongqing headquarters.
Chairman Chiang rubbed his face with his hands and walked quickly to the combat hall.
After staying up all night, at almost noon, Chairman Chiang finally couldn't stand it any longer. In addition, the winner had been decided on the Yaotaigou battlefield, so he went to the lounge to take a nap. However, he only lay down for about half an hour.
The chairman couldn't wait to get up and hurried to the combat hall again.
Chairman Chiang is worried about the Chahar Independent Regiment’s blitzkrieg this time. He has reached the point where he doesn’t even want to go back to his official residence. At least, the Chahar Independent Regiment’s blitzkrieg has no results.
Before, he had no plans to return to his official residence, and all his food and accommodation were at the headquarters.
The combat hall was still full of people and busy.
Seeing Chairman Chiang coming in, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and the senior staff officers present stood at attention and saluted again.
Chairman Chiang waved his hand and asked Chen Cheng: "Ci Xiu, is there any latest news from Beiping? Have the forward troops of the Chahar Independent Regiment arrived in Zhuoxian?"
Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "There is no latest news yet."
He Yingqin continued: "But judging from the time, the forward troops of the Chahar Independent Regiment should have almost reached Zhuoxian by now, and the fighting may have started by now."
"Yes." Chairman Chiang said, "Let the military commanders go nuclear immediately..."
Before he finished the last word, there were rapid footsteps outside the door.
Chairman Jiang looked back anxiously and saw Director Dai hurried in, and said: "Yunong, you are here just in time. Let your intelligence personnel go and verify where the forward troops of the Chahar Independent Regiment are."
"Commissioner!" Director Dai hurriedly walked to stand in front of Chairman Chiang and said in a deep voice, "Just as I was about to report to you, the Chahar Independent Regiment suddenly turned east, crossed the Pinghan-Han Railway, and headed for Ba County.
Got it!"
When Chairman Chiang heard this, he was stunned and turned temporarily?
Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and a group of high-ranking ginseng officials were all in trouble.
"What? Crossed the Pinghan-Han Railway and headed for Ba County?"
"How could this happen? How could Xu Rui sing like this?"
"Xu Rui's use of troops is really mysterious."
Suddenly, buzzing whispers sounded in the combat hall.
After a long while, Chairman Jiang finally came to his senses, and then turned his attention to Chen Cheng and He Yingqin. Bai Chongxi probably hid somewhere to sleep and was not present, so he could only ask Chen Cheng and the others.
Well, although they are slightly inferior to Bai Chongxi, they are also very capable.
Chen Cheng frowned and thought for a moment, then said cautiously: "Could it be that Xu Rui plans to bypass Langfang and attack Tongzhou?"
"Well, it's possible." Chairman Jiang said with deep conviction, "If you can't break through the front for a while, you will immediately attack in a roundabout way. This is a winning tactic of the Japanese army. There is no guarantee that Xu Rui will not imitate the Japanese."
"But that's not right." He Yingqin said, "The prerequisite for a roundabout attack is to maintain strong pressure on the frontal battlefield. But Brother Yunong just said that all the main forces of the Chahar Independent Regiment went east to Ba County, right?
?”
"Yes, that's the case." Director Dai replied firmly, "The entire Chahar Independent Regiment went east to Ba County, and not even a single company was left in Yixian or Laishui County!"
"Huh?" Chairman Chiang asked, "Is the information reliable?"
Boss Dai said with great certainty: "Don't worry about your appointment, it's absolutely reliable!"
"Then this is strange." Chairman Jiang said, "What on earth does Xu Rui want to do?"
He Yingqin whispered: "Perhaps Xu Rui is trying to trick the Japanese on the front lines of Zhuo County and Gu'an?"
"Brother Jing, you think Xu Rui is too simple." A voice suddenly came. When everyone turned around, they saw Bai Chongxi standing beside the sand table at some point.
He Yingqin felt slightly unhappy because he was ridiculed by Bai Chongxi, and said with a dark face: "Brother Jiansheng, tell me, what is the purpose of Xu Rui's move?"
Bai Chongxi did not answer He Yingqin, but walked quickly to the sand table, and then took several senior counselors to change the orientation of the war chess model representing the Chahar Independent Regiment, from the previous Zhuozhou and Gu'an orientation to Ba County.
, outline the direction of the square, and then fell into deep thought facing the rearranged sand table.
This meditation lasted several minutes.
In the end, He Yingqin couldn't bear it anymore and said with a smile: "Brother Jiansheng, you are not fooled, are you?"
"Encircled? Enclosed?" He Yingqin said it unintentionally. After hearing this, Bai Chongxi's heart suddenly moved. He immediately raised his head and looked around the sand table. After a while, a pair of eyes immediately lit up.
One look at Bai Chongxi's appearance, and everyone knew that he had already discovered something.
At that moment, Chairman Chiang asked: "Jiansheng, please tell me what you discovered."
Bai Chongxi nodded, and immediately pushed several tank models representing the Chahar Independent Regiment armored cluster on the sand table about half a foot forward, from Ba County to Tianjin, and then picked up one of them.
The tank model was moved north to Tangshan, and finally the Ping-Han Railway and Jin-Pu Railway on the sand table were destroyed.
He Yingqin was stunned and said: "Brother Jiansheng, what do you mean? Xu Rui's goal is Tianjin?"
"That's right!" Bai Chongxi nodded heavily and said, "Thanks to you for reminding me just now, brother Jing, otherwise I would never have thought that from the very beginning, Xu Rui's real goal was to encircle the North China Front Army! The recovery of Peking was just a small matter.
The target, but he just used it as a smoke screen!"
"What? Encircle the North China Front?"
"Are you kidding me? How can I encircle you?"
"Yes, one regiment surrounds the Japanese and one front army?"
"Twenty thousand people surrounded half a million Japanese? Did I hear that right?"
"I always thought Vice President Bai was quite reliable, but it turns out he is so unreliable."
After hearing what Bai Chongxi said, the dozen or so senior staff officers present immediately exploded again.
He Yingqin couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then he suppressed his laughter and said, "Brother Jiansheng is really good at telling jokes."
"I'm not joking with Brother Jing." Bai Chongxi said seriously, "If you take a serious look at the surrounding situation, I'm afraid you won't think I'm joking."
"Peripheral situation?" He Yingqin immediately frowned.
Bai Chongxi nodded and said, "Brother Jing, look to the north first."
"North?" He Yingqin's eyes subconsciously fell to the north of the sand table, and he frowned and said, "Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army has captured Guyuan County and is advancing towards Duolun County!"
Bai Chongxi added: "Then look to the south."
"South?" He Yingqin turned his attention to the south of the sand table and said, "Wei Lihuang's 14th Army is divided into two groups and is advancing towards southern Shanxi and northern Henan!"
Bai Chongxi said again: "Then you look at Jinan."
"Jinan?" He Yingqin said angrily, "You don't need to look at this. Jinan is an army of 200,000 mud-legged members of the Communist Party!"
Bai Chongxi shook his head and said, "Did Brother Jing still not find out? Fu Zuoyi's Thirty-fifth Army, Wei Lihuang's Fourteenth Army and the 200,000 Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei have formed a huge C-shaped encirclement.
!This C-shaped encirclement encompasses the entire North China Front except for the Japanese troops in Shandong!"
When He Yingqin heard this, his expression suddenly became serious, and the entire combat hall fell silent in an instant.
Bai Chongxi continued: "But this huge C-shaped encirclement has two fatal gaps, one is Tianjin and the other is Shanhaiguan! The North China Front can either withdraw to the Japanese mainland through Tianjin's sea route, or it can withdraw to the three northeastern provinces through Shanhaiguan by railway.
, conversely, the Japanese can also send troops from these two directions to reinforce the North China Front."
After pausing for a while, Bai Chongxi pointed at the location of Tianjin and Shanhaiguan on the sand table, and then said: "Only by blocking these two gaps, will this C-shaped encirclement be closed into a real O-shaped encirclement!"
After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, the combat hall fell into deathly silence, and everyone was stunned.
He Yingqin's mouth opened even wider, so big that he could almost fit a huge goose egg in!
After quite a while, Chairman Jiang finally let out a long sigh of relief and said, "So, Xu Rui's real intention in launching this blitzkrieg is the North China Front Army?"
Bai Chongxi said: "That must be the case."
Chairman Chiang said: "Does Jian Sheng think that Xu Rui can capture Tianjin and Shanhaiguan and close the encirclement?"
Bai Chongxi subconsciously wanted to say it was impossible, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Vice President Bai suddenly remembered that his previous judgments about Xu Rui were almost never correct! Then his thoughts changed.
, Vice President Bai's words changed again and had completely opposite meanings.