Wuhan camp, headquarters.

He Yingpei, Chen Shi, Liu Sheng and other senior generals all gathered in front of a huge sand table, while Bai Chongbei was holding a wooden pole and explaining to the sand table.

Bai Chongbei said in a deep voice: "Everyone, don't you feel familiar with the current situation? ”

"It's familiar." Liu Sheng nodded, and said, "It is very similar to the situation of the fifth encirclement and suppression of the Red Army in Jiangxi in the 22nd year of the Republic of China, but the role played by our army has changed. ”

Bai Chongbei said again: "Brother Zhang, have you noticed that the defensive strategy adopted by our army now is almost the same as that of the Red Army in Jiangxi back then?" ”

"Pretty much, indeed." Liu Sheng, "It's all fortified everywhere, resisting every step!" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng said again: "But our army is much stronger than the Red Army!" ”

"Our army is stronger than the original Red Army!" Bai Chongbei nodded, and said, "But correspondingly, the Japanese army advancing from the north and south is also more fierce than our army back then!" This can't be denied for Brother Zhang, right? ”

Liu Sheng was silent, of course, the current Japanese army is much more fierce and fierce than the national army back then!

Bai Chongbei said: "So my opinion is still that the external decisive battle will still inevitably be lost!" ”

Liu Sheng said: "The outer decisive battle may be lost, or it may not, at least it has not been proven by actual combat, but the internal decisive battle has been proven by actual combat, and it is categorically impossible!" ”

"Why do we have to go from one extreme to the other?" Bai Chongbei said, "Why can't the two be organically combined?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall moved slightly.

He Yingpei said: "Brother Jiansheng, how should the two be organically combined?" ”

Bai Chongbei said: "Before talking about this, we must first determine the main target!" ”

Liu Sheng said: "Compared with the Yangtze River waterway, the Pinghan Railway and the Longhai Railway can also directly reach the Chinese mainland, and the transportation is more convenient, so the threat of the Japanese army on the northern line is greater, so the primary target should be the northern line!" ”

"Okay, then set the Japanese army on the northern front as the primary target!" Bai Chongbei nodded, and then said, "Then now, it is to find a suitable place to serve as a defensive support for the northern front, and then choose a force that is good at defense and defend this place to the death, this force will adopt the strategy of a decisive battle on the inner line!" ”

He Yingpei said: "If you want to say that you are good at defense, it must be Sun Fanglu's Second Group Army!" ”

"Where?" Liu Sheng frowned and said, "The problem now is that the Japanese army on the northern front is also divided into east and west, instead of concentrating all the way to the south, so this location is not easy to choose!" ”

"It's easy!" Bai Chongbei said indifferently, "As long as one of them is blocked, the other will definitely come to help!" ”

The senior generals in the hall nodded their heads, and then their eyes began to search for the huge sand table.

After a while, almost everyone's eyes focused on one place, and this place was Taierzhuang!

"Taierzhuang!" Chen Shi was the first to speak, "First of all, Taierzhuang is in the way of the Japanese army on the East Road, and if the Japanese army on the East Road wants to march into Xuzhou, they must pass through Taierzhuang!" Secondly, Taierzhuang has a branch railway connected to the Jinpu Railway, so the Japanese army on the west road can quickly rush to the aid along the railway line! Last but not least, Taierzhuang is the last barrier of Xuzhou, if Taierzhuang is lost, Xuzhou will be directly exposed to the Japanese army, and the whole situation will be shaken! ”

Under the words of a group of high-ranking generals, the idea of the Battle of Taierzhuang gradually took shape.

In another historical time and space, the trend of the Battle of Xuzhou was to gradually advance according to this concept, and finally helped the national army to achieve the biggest victory after the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War!

But in this historical time and space, there is one more variable!

This variable, that is Zhong Yi, the traverser!

As soon as Chen Shi's voice fell, a voice came in: "It's too conservative!" ”

When everyone heard the sound and turned around, they saw Jiang Baili walking in quickly from outside the door.

Almost all the senior generals here had studied at the Army University and were all students of General Jiang Baili, and they immediately stepped forward to salute and call themselves teachers.

Jiang Baili waved his hand and said: "You chose Taierzhuang as a defensive support, but it is too conservative, why can't you just use Xuzhou as a defensive support, and then swallow the Japanese troops on the north and south lines in one bite?" ”

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Swallow the Japanese troops on the north and south lines in one gulp?"

"Well, we're afraid we don't have this tooth?"

Whispers rang out in the hall.

After a long time, Liu Shengcai said: "Teacher, your feelings are completely understandable to the students, in fact, why don't the students want to swallow the Japanese troops on the northern and southern fronts?" But the harsh reality is that we don't have the ability! ”

"No, no, we have the ability!" Jiang Baili waved his hand and said, "Just this afternoon, in the tactics class of our Luojiashan Senior Officer Training Corps, Zhong Yi conducted a very wonderful tactical analysis of the battle situation in Xuzhou, and he proposed that the elite of 30,000 to 50,000 people, with the coordination of the main forces on the outside line, is fully capable of holding Xuzhou for three to five months!" ”

"Three to fifty thousand?"

"Hold Xuzhou for three to five months?"

Hearing this, a group of senior generals in the hall immediately looked at each other.

Because Zhong Yi's judgment was completely beyond their imagination.

In a word, the mentality of these senior generals in the hall has been shattered by the Japanese army, and their impression of the Japanese army has been fixed in the cognition of the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Songhu.

In the Battle of Songhu, the five divisions of the Japanese army disabled more than 100 elite divisions of the national army!

In the Battle of Nanjing, the four divisions of the Japanese army defeated the 150,000 national army in only ten days!

So now, when Zhong Yi threatened through Jiang Baili's mouth that 30,000 to 50,000 national troops could hold Xuzhou for three to five months under the siege of the Japanese army on the north and south lines, their first reaction was that Zhong Yi was crazy!

After a long time, Liu Sheng finally came back to his senses, coughed lightly and said: "Teacher, although Zhong Yi is very capable of fighting, he is only a colonel after all, and he does not have the overall vision, so he will say such ridiculous words, of course, young people care about the current situation, and we still need to encourage this." ”

The implication is that let's listen to Zhong Yi's words.

Jiang Baili actually knew that this would be the result, but he still wanted to fight for it.

Sighing lightly, Jiang Baili said, "I think you should still carefully consider Zhong Yi's suggestion." ”

At this time, Bai Chongbei said: "Teacher, in fact, the tactics we just discussed are consistent with the suggestions put forward by Zhong Yi in principle, and they are all comprehensive tactics that combine internal and external!" It's just that we are more cautious, thinking that we can't be impatient when dealing with the Japanese army, and we have to eat one bite at a time, right? ”

(End of chapter)