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In the Jiangsu battlefield, Cao Kun successively assembled more than 500,000 troops, which was the most powerful among the Beiyang armies. As the most powerful figure in the direct line except for Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun is naturally unable to compare the resources he can use within Beiyang.

Moreover, the Fourth Army of the Wehrmacht on the opposite side had a total strength of 350,000 troops. Only half of Cao Kun's troops.

The Southwestern Military Region has always been the slowest developing and least trooping military region among the major military regions of the National Defense Forces. The soldiers who were originally added to the Southwest Military Region were all transferred away in previous operations. If it is said that the Southeast Military Region of the National Defense Forces can only enter and not leave because of the defense against Japan, then the Southeast Military Region is the military region that has exported the largest number of troops among the National Defense Forces. In this training of the Fourth Group Army, all the elites of the Southwest Military Region have just been organized and trained into an army. The remaining 100,000 elite troops are the troops of the Shandong Military Region. After the training of the one million new troops of the Shandong Military Region was completed, some of them were transferred and assigned to garrison areas in various provinces in Beijing, and most of the rest went to major military regions to replenish the combat losses of various units. The Shandong Military Region itself left more than 100,000 troops to suppress the localities. In this operation, the main force of Shandong was almost completely withdrawn. Together with the 200,000 local garrisons that were urgently trained for the war, the Fourth Army was able to reach 350,000 troops. Even so, compared with the Beiyang Army under Cao Kun, the Wehrmacht was still at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

The reason why Cao Kun gathered so many troops in Jiangsu was precisely to rely on the superior forces in his hands to defeat the Fourth Group Army of the Wehrmacht, solve the crisis along the way, and then draw out his forces to deal with several other armies.

Naturally, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Wehrmacht marched south, as silent as a small unit. As soon as the Fourth Army crossed the Shandong border and entered Jiangsu, it launched a powerful attack, and the county towns along the way were self-defeating. The defending troops faced a dense Wehrmacht and did not have the slightest courage to resist. As for the Beiyang troops, which were originally defending the border, they collapsed as early as the beginning.

Jiangsu is the foundation of Beiyang, and northern Jiangsu is facing the forefront of the national defense army, and the Beiyang defenders cannot be so unbearable. In fact, Beiyang has quite a few troops at the junction of northern Jiangsu and Shandong. But basically they are all remnants of the Anhui system. After the Anhui faction was squeezed out of Beiyang by the direct family, all the high-level officials of the Anhui military and political sides resigned. However, the low-level soldiers were still retained, and many of the middle and low-level generals were the henchmen of the high-level generals who had been removed from the Anhui department. Although the Anhui troops were not disbanded, all the commanders were replaced by direct generals. The direct and Anhui attacks made the internal struggle between the two sides very fierce, and naturally there was a great deal of hatred. Although Duan Qirui gave up the fight for Beiyang, the officers of the Anhui system would not be reconciled. After all, not all Anhui generals are dedicated to the Beiyang system. The loss of the position of the Anhui generals in Beiyang means that they have lost their position of power and the capital that can call the wind and rain. Therefore, they have a lot of criticism for the Anhui boss Duan Qirui. But the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, Duan Qirui is a Beiyang boss, even if he goes to work now, no one dares to target him. The Anhui generals were unwilling to lose their authority like this, so they used their influence to make trouble in the army and instigated the henchmen of the original Anhui system to resist the direct system leader. This situation greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army. When the Wehrmacht's Fourth Army came over, this force of tens of thousands of men was almost crushed without a fight, and it did not affect the Wehrmacht's advance in the slightest.

Although Beiyang reacted quickly and Cao Kun moved quickly, it was only when he arrived in Jiangsu that the entire northern Jiangsu had completely fallen into the hands of the Fourth Army.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides confronted each other. ..., at the time of contact, the Beiyang Army attacked. Hundreds of thousands of troops stormed the positions of the Wehrmacht, and an area stretching for dozens of kilometers turned into a brutal battlefield.

Command of the Fourth Army. The atmosphere was quite tense.

"The Erlongshan position was broken through. The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division was surrounded by the enemy. Chief of Staff Xu Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Order the Second Division to rescue!" Guo Shanhu said in a deep voice. Although his expression was solemn, he was not flustered. After several years of war, Guo Shanhu's temperament has become more and more calm. He is no longer the soft-hearted bandit leader he used to be. Now he is the commander of an army of hundreds of thousands, and a decision can easily affect the life and death of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands.

"Commander, the pressure on the third division is very high, and I am afraid it will be difficult to draw troops to rescue." Xu Zheng said in a low voice.

"Send the guard regiment of the command to it. One regiment is our old army, and it cannot be folded in the hands of the enemy like this. Moreover, although the position of Erlong Mountain is important, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, and there is no need to fight the enemy there. Guo Shanhu said.

"Commander, the guard regiment is leaving, and the guard strength of the command headquarters is only about one battalion. In the event of an accident, it may be difficult to protect the safety of the headquarters. Xu Zheng said.

"One battalion is enough. We are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, and if the enemy's position breaks through here, it will be nothing for me Guo Shanhu to die here. Guo Shanhu said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Xu Zheng didn't say anything anymore and continued to arrange the battle. Now the development of the war situation is completely unexpected. When they set out, it is speculated that they faced the least pressure. But now their Fourth Army is facing the strongest offensive in the North Ocean. The entire force, including 200,000 lightly trained garrisons, was sent into battle. In order to prevent these troops from being defeated as much as possible, Guo Shanhu scattered all these troops into the fourth group in battalions. At one time, dozens of separate regiments appeared in the Fourth Army.

Cao Kun commanded the war with great law. The 500,000-strong army was in good order, showing Cao Kun's good control. The strategy adopted by Cao Kun was very simple, that is, to give full play to the superiority of troops and squeeze the Wehrmacht out of northern Jiangsu step by step. If the Fourth Army can't hold on and chooses a decisive battle, it will be in his arms, and he can't wait for an immediate decisive battle to end the Jiangsu War as soon as possible.

The Wehrmacht's attack was very wide, and the counterattack of Cao Kun's troops naturally had to face the entire Wehrmacht, and in this case, the entire land of several dozen kilometers in northern Jiangsu became a scorching battlefield.

"Report to the commander, the front headquarters is urgent." The operational staff officer handed over the telegram from the theater headquarters to Guo Shanhu. Guo Shanhu frowned. At present, the Fourth Army and the 500,000-strong Beiyang Army are entangled, and it is impossible to retreat, and although the Wehrmacht is at a disadvantage on the battlefield now, it will not show defeat in a short time. And in terms of casualties, the Wehrmacht even has the upper hand. All these made Guo Shanhu full of confidence in the development of the battle situation. War is a contest of patience and perseverance. Guo Shanhu has that patience and confidence.

When he opened the telegram, Guo Shanhu's frowning brow loosened. This is good news.

"Chief of Staff, you see, our fraternal units have made great progress." Guo Shanhu handed the telegram in his hand to Xu Zheng and said.

"The First Army has captured Luoyang, and the troops are steadily moving south, looking for Wu Peifu's main force. The Second Army broke the enemy's four lines of defense, killed and captured more than 100,000 Beiyang troops, and the Beiyang general Sun Chuanfang led the remnants of the army to retreat in the city of Zhengzhou. Now it has become a turtle in an urn. The main force of the Second Army has moved south, taking the important town of Xinyang, Henan, and approaching Hubei. The Third Army completely annihilated Zhang Xiaozhun in Beiyang, and Zhang Xiaozhun himself was captured. The northern part of Anhui has completely fallen into the hands of the Third Group Army, which has already reached the north bank of the Huai River and is ready to launch a river-crossing operation at any time. It seems that our Fourth Army is the only one that has not opened the situation! Xu Zheng said with a smile. …,

"Yes! This is the encouragement given to us by the headquarters. Chief of Staff, you inform the whole army of the contents of this telegram. It's a morale-boosting weapon. Guo Shanhu thought for a while and said.

"Yes, but it's best to leave these to the commissar." Xu Zheng said with a smile.

On the battlefield, the two sides were deadlocked, and the shouts of killing rushed straight to the bullfight. The common people within a radius of dozens of miles fled for safety. Ordinary people don't want to be drawn into a war, after all, guns have no eyes, and no one can predict what will happen on a chaotic battlefield. The common people have a keen sense of smell, and by the time the Wehrmacht arrived, the common people were ready to leave their homes, and by now, there are very few ordinary people in the entire battlefield area.

Suddenly, the morale of the Wehrmacht was greatly boosted. The soldiers rushed forward one by one with a scream. The Wehrmacht, which had been in turmoil, suddenly became a solid defensive line. The Beiyang soldiers were taken by surprise, and many of the attacking troops were routed instead. The Wehrmacht took the opportunity to restore a number of positions.

Beiyang Command.

Cao Kun's headquarters was far from the battlefield. As the commander of the army, Cao Kun has always been the most concerned about his own safety among the Beiyang generals. His command rarely stepped into the confines of the battlefield and heard that the Wehrmacht was armed with a staggering number of heavy artillery. Naturally, Cao Kun set his headquarters farther away.

"What happened? Why did the combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht skyrocket a lot in an instant? Cao Kun said with some incomprehension.

"Marshal, I'm afraid there are two reasons for this, the first is that reinforcements from the Wehrmacht have arrived. Naturally, their morale was greatly boosted. The second is what happened to stimulate the spirit of the Wehrmacht. Such as a big win, or a big defeat. Cao Kun's chief of staff said.

"Damn, it's hard to get the advantage and lose it so much." Cao Kun said depressedly.

"Commander, we should also step up our offensive. Otherwise, once the Wehrmacht is allowed to gain a foothold, we will be in a very passive position. The chief of staff suggested.

"What can you do?" Cao Kun asked.

"There will be brave men under the great reward!" The chief of staff said softly.

Cao Kun nodded knowingly, for these things, he Cao Kun can be said to be familiar with the road. As for the post-war issues, he will not think about it even more. If the war is won, everything is easy to say, and the government is willing to give this huge reward, if the war is defeated, the entire Beiyang will not be guaranteed, who will think about the things promised by the battlefield.

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