Chapter 870: Changing Face

Leng Rushuang cried more and more, and his pitiful appearance suddenly made Jiang Haoran feel guilty, for so many years, Leng Rushuang has paid countless for herself, and she really didn't care about her or what she had done for her, so she softened her heart at the moment and said: "Okay, I can promise you, but you have to pass my exam to prove to me that you have the ability to lead a field division?" ”

"Okay, you can solve the problem!" As soon as she raised her head as cold as frost, she wiped her hands left and right on her face, and her expression was suddenly resolute, if it weren't for the thin droplets of water on her eyelashes, you wouldn't have seen that she had just cried. {We don't write novels, we're just web text porters-

"Damn, you're from Sichuan, right?"

"Sichuan? I'm from Nanjing, you know? ”

"If this is not a Sichuan person and he learns the face change of Sichuan opera, who can have this ability to send and receive freely, tsk!"

"Hate, you! Tell me, what's the topic? Leng Rushuang slapped Jiang Haoran's shoulder and said coquettishly.

Jiang Haoran shook his head, returned to his desk, picked up a pen and paper and wrote down a few big words "Thousands of troops and horses block Jinzhai", handed it to Leng Rushuang and said: "Don't say I won't give you a chance, this is the surprise attack Lu'an plan I formulated for the Eighth Route Army, if you can understand it within two days, it will prove that you really have the conditions to be the commander of a field division. ”

Leng Rushuang glanced at a few words on the paper, gritted his teeth and replied, "Okay!" ”

"Okay, you think about it slowly, but remember that this is highly confidential, so you can't let anyone see that you are thinking about it, and at the same time, I can also give you a hint, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Zhumadian is 130,000, and you are not mistaken, the New Fourth Army went to Pengze and Hukou to go around on my own initiative."

"Okay, I remember!" Leng Rushuang nodded heavily, then picked up a match, lit one, lit the note that Jiang Haoran had just written, put it into the ashtray on the table, and watched Jiang Haoran go out through the curling smoke.

As soon as the door to the office was closed, the cold as frost began to churn in the room, and in a short time, maps, paper and pencils, and mapping tools filled the table.

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Time flies, a day has passed in a blink of an eye, and the time has reached July 9, that is, the eighth day of Jiang Haoran's return to China, according to the previous plan, Huangshan and Xinyang must be taken today.

But things didn't seem to be as smooth as imagined, Huangshan and Xinyang were still in the hands of the Japanese army, and there was no sign of breaking through in the short term, and the Japanese army's resistance was more tenacious than expected.

On the Xinyang side, although the Japanese army did not send reinforcements from Wuhan, the Japanese troops on the front line of Hefei and Lu'an had already advanced to Xinyang with all their might, and the vanguard had already arrived in Xinyang, which brought a lot of resistance to the offensive of the Fifth Theater.

On the Huangshan side, although the Japanese Third Division was blocked by the Hurricane Column and the New Fourth Army on the Shitai line in southern Anhui, it was not only unable to support Huangshan, but was even in a situation where it was difficult to protect itself. But the Japanese troops in Xuancheng and Lin'an were still their greatest hope, and as long as the Japanese Fifth Division held out for two more days, it was entirely possible that they would wait for reinforcements.

Jiang Haoran's formulation that Huangshan and Xinyang must be taken within three days is absolutely reasonable, Xinyang cannot be defeated in three days, although the Japanese army's Pinghan railway is blocked, can not achieve the purpose of rapid reinforcement, but they still have Hefei behind them, the Japanese army is completely possible to transfer the Japanese troops in the area of Henan and Anhui to fully support Xinyang, within five days, the main force can reach Xinyang.

The same is true of Huangshan, if it can't be defeated in three days, the reinforcements of the Japanese army Xuancheng and Lin'an will soon come to the city.

In this way, the campaign will fall into an infinite stalemate, the duration of the campaign will be extended indefinitely, the number of troops invested will increase exponentially, and the consumption of materials will naturally increase exponentially. Time and troops Chinese are not afraid, they have time and people, but the only thing they can't afford is supplies, although there is still a hump route, but for the battle in front of them is simply a drop in the bucket, once the inventory of the 331 base is consumed, the next battle should use bayonets.

Therefore, today is a crucial day for the Chinese, and only by taking Xinyang and Huangshan as scheduled and cutting off the last hope of the Japanese army can the battle in front of them continue.

Otherwise, the entire battle of Wuhan will not only come to naught, once the Japanese army is relieved, the armies from all walks of life will gather, gather troops for a large-scale counterattack, and in the case of a lack of guns and ammunition, it is simply unimaginable how long the entire southwest rear can be supported, and there may be only a line away from the country.

Early in the morning, Jiang Haoran walked into the command headquarters and rested for the night, his spirit was good, but the expression on his face was not relaxed at all, and after reading the latest war briefing, his brows tightened.

The only good news is probably that the 19th Army has captured Xiushui, and the Japanese army has retreated to the second line of defense in Wuning, but this is fundamentally insignificant for the entire war situation, and even the Japanese army's abandonment of Xiushui is entirely likely to be considered from the reduction of forces, and Wuning and Tongshan are connected in a line, which makes their entire defense line look more compact.

"Actually, there's good news." Seeing Jiang Haoran's stern face, Liu He pretended to be relaxed and said.

Jiang Haoran looked at Liu He and didn't say anything, Liu He felt bored, and quickly picked up a telegram from the table and handed it to Jiang Haoran, "General Stilwell sent it, just yesterday, they encountered the Japanese navy on Coral Island, and the Japanese combined fleet was defeated??????。 ”

Jiang Haoran's heart sank, and the Japanese army launched the Battle of Coral Island. After taking full control of the Pacific Ocean, the first phase of the Japanese army's tasks has been exceeded, and the tasks of the second stage are inevitably in full swing. In fact, this point coincides with Jiang Haoran's assumption, and the Japanese army will definitely launch a further suppression of the United States when the rainy season in Burma arrives.

From Japan's point of view, although the economic potential of the United States is large, it will take a process to transition to a wartime state, and it is expected that the United States will not be able to organize an effective counteroffensive until a year at the earliest, and the Japanese army must further advance the battle line before this time, expand the defensive circle, and at least force the United States to the negotiating table.

The Japanese army and navy unanimously believe that Australia will be the largest base from which Britain and the United States can counterattack, but since most of Japan's army is deeply trapped in the battlefields of China and Burma, it is simply unable to send troops to land in Australia, and the feasible option will be to take full control of the waters of Coral Island, in order to cut off the connection between the United States and Australia, and when the time is ripe, then turn back and clean up Australia.