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Although Cao's order was swift, it was still a little late. The central main position of the Beiyang Army was broken through. There are constant flaws along the entire front. At this time, the best move of the Beiyang Army should be to fight back desperately and stabilize the battle line. Cao Kun chose to retreat in a daze, resulting in a large-scale collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops.

On the other hand, the Wehrmacht, when the Beiyang Army collapsed, launched a large-scale offensive and achieved great results. The journey from the battlefield to Huai'an City for more than ten kilometers has become the place where the Beiyang Army is killed.

When the sky gradually dawned, Huai'an City appeared in the eyes of Cao Kun and his party.

"Cao Shuai, the situation is not right! The head of Huai'an City is still the banner of our army! Beware of deception! Zhang Lie, an operational staff officer, said.

"Go and see, what the hell is going on?" Cao Kun's face suddenly became ugly. Huai'an City is too quiet. It doesn't look like there's been a large-scale war at all.

"Let people set up barricades and gather the rout?" Now that the sky has dawned, the Beiyang Army has withdrawn from the border resistance, and although the Beiyang has suffered heavy losses, it still retains a considerable number of troops. From here, it can also be seen that the generals under Cao Kun are not that kind of straw bales.

"Dashuai, it's not good. We were fooled. Last night, the city of Huai'an was indeed attacked by a small Wehrmacht, more than a dozen grain mountains were burned, and all radio bases were attacked, and basically all of them were abandoned. In addition, Liu Baozhong, a baggage officer, disappeared. It is suspected that he was captured by this small unit of the Wehrmacht, and last night's telegram was written by him, and now Liu Baozhong's life and death are unknown. Zhang Lie said with a flushed face.

"What?" Cao Kun's body on the horse shook, and he almost fell down, and he felt his whole brain go black for a while.

was deceived, he was a dignified commander of an army of hundreds of thousands, but he was deceived by such a simple deception, and caused the collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops, and lost the battle situation that he had managed so hard, and all this also implicated his own nephew, which is simply naked. Cao Kun only felt the blood surging in his chest, if it wasn't for the silent warning in his heart to control his anger, I am afraid that the thing that was stunned would happen again.

At this time, a middle-aged soldier followed Zhang Lie with a look of trepidation on his face, he was Qin Zhen, the defender of Huai'an City. When he saw Cao Kun with a pale face, he was almost stupid! He has followed Cao Kun for many years, and he has never seen Cao Dashuai's ugly face. With the words of Cao Kun and Zhang Lie, as well as the embarrassed appearance of the Beiyang army, he vaguely knew that the army might have eaten the calculations of the Wehrmacht and was defeated. What disturbed him the most was that this rout may also be related to the riots in Huai'an City last night.

"The commander, the last general is incompetent, and he let the enemy take away the baggage officer under his nose. The last general deserves death, please punish the commander. Qin Zhen knelt down on one knee and said.

"You really deserve to die! But do you know why you deserve to die? Cao Kun stared at Qin Zhen who was kneeling on the ground, eager to swallow it in one bite!

"I don't know!" Qin Zhen said in a panic.

"Let me ask you, the troops in the city were attacked, why didn't they report to the headquarters at the first time?" Cao Kun asked.

"Marshal, the enemy took the lead in attacking our army's radio station, and by the time our army reacted, the radio station had been completely destroyed." Qin Zhen seemed to think of something, but he wasn't sure what he thought. In the face of Cao Kun's questioning, he could only answer honestly.

"Rubbish! Did the enemy sneak into Huai'an City just to burn down a few of our grain mountains and smash a few of our radio stations? Your brain is a pig brain, so you won't use it to think about it! Cao Kun roared. ..., "Dashuai, the last general will be damned!" Qin Zhen said in fear.

"Although the radio is a quick means of contacting the front line and the rear, but something so big happened in the city, and the radio was broken, you wouldn't have sent someone on horseback to inform? The front line is only a dozen kilometers away from Huai'an City, and it is only an hour or two away with war horses, but until dawn, I haven't received any news from you, what have you done during this time? Do you know that because of your delay in the news, we misunderstood that Huai'an City was captured by the Wehrmacht, and all the supplies were burned? In the end, it led to turmoil in the hearts of the army, and the army collapsed completely! Waste, waste, leave you this waste in the world Marshal can't explain to the soldiers who died in battle. Cao Kun said with a murderous face.

"Spare your life! Spare your life! For the sake of the last general who will follow you for many years, spare the last general this time! Qin Zhen said in fear. Then he looked at Zhang Lie, the combat staff officer, and hoped that he would intercede for him.

Zhang Lie sighed and said, "Marshal, now that the military situation is urgent, it is definitely a good thing for us now that there is no accident in Huai'an." Although General Qin was inappropriate in handling things, he followed the commander for many years, made many military exploits, and was able to keep Huai'an City from accidents, which can be regarded as an act of atonement for his crimes. Marshal, now is the time to employ people, and I suggest that General Qin should be punished for his crimes. ”

Cao Kun glanced at Qin Zhen and finally accepted Zhang Lie's suggestion. Now Beiyang is already in a difficult situation. If you kill the general, it will only make the morale of the army drop again.

"Humph! Qin Zhen, you can avoid the death penalty, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Now cut off your general's rank. Transferred to the vanguard regiment as the head of the regiment, I hope that such a low-level mistake will not be made again! Cao Kun said gloomily.

"Thank you, thank you!" Qin Zhen kowtowed excitedly. Although he was knocked off two levels, his life was finally saved. As long as you make military merits in the future, you will still have a chance to get up.

"Zhang Lie, immediately concentrate the Huai'an defenders to strengthen the defense. At the same time, it sent a telegram to all departments, gathered troops, and distributed all the weapons and baggage in Huai'an City. The situation we are facing next is extremely difficult, and it is imperative that nothing goes wrong. Cao Kun said.

"Yes!"

With the Beiyang Headquarters stabilizing in Huai'an City, the troops and horses evacuated from Beiyang have gathered towards Huai'an City. By the time the sky dawned, Huai'an City had gathered nearly 200,000 troops.

"Is that all?" Cao Kun asked with a gloomy expression.

"The other troops were either captured by the Wehrmacht or completely dispersed into the mountains and forests, and it was already difficult to gather!" Zhang Lie said helplessly.

"Damn it!" Cao Kun slammed his fist on the table. One night he went to an army of more than 100,000 people. The force was reduced by almost half.

"Marshal, the Wehrmacht is already less than five kilometers away from Huai'an City. Should we do something? Zhang Lie said. To be honest, when Huai'an City gathered nearly 200,000 troops, he was still relatively happy. After all, last night was too chaotic, the Wehrmacht attack was fierce, hundreds of thousands of troops were disorganized, and it was far beyond his expectations to be able to concentrate nearly 200,000 troops in a short period of time.

"Send out scouts to reconnoiter the strength of the Wehrmacht! Last night's battle, the Wehrmacht may not be easy, I hope their losses are greater, otherwise we will be even more difficult to fight next! Cao Kun said in a deep voice.

"Yes! Handsome! ”

At the same time, the command of the Fourth Army of the Wehrmacht.

"Why didn't the commander take advantage of the chaos to attack Huai'an City, now Huai'an City has gathered nearly 200,000 troops, which is half of the strength of Beiyang, and Huai'an City still has sufficient materials and baggage, and the main force of the Beiyang Army has not been lost. We didn't take advantage of the chaos to attack last night, giving Beiyang a chance to become bigger! Xu Zheng said in a deep voice. During the large-scale counterattack last night, Xu Zheng meant to concentrate his forces on the onslaught forward, striving to take advantage of the chaos to attack the city of Huai'an, cut off Cao Kun's retreat, and then completely annihilate Cao Kun's troops in this Soviet-central region. But Guo Shanhu vetoed his suggestion. Yesterday night, the Wehrmacht soldiers were busy sweeping the entire battlefield, killing and capturing 1560,000 Beiyang troops. Although this is a huge number, the main force of the Beiyang Army is still there. Nearly 20 major armies are entrenched in Huai'an City, which is still a huge scourge to the national defense forces. With Cao Kun's position in Beiyang, he will definitely be able to strengthen his strength in a short period of time. The Wehrmacht has won the lead and is about to lose it. …,

"Chief of Staff, your suggestion is too risky. I have just received news that our logistics baggage team has been attacked by bandits, and most of the supplies have been burned. We seem to be imposing now, but the pressure is also very high. I suggest that we first digest the territory we have seized, and at least create a relatively good environment for the transportation of baggage. Without sufficient baggage, even if we can achieve temporary victory, we cannot guarantee eternal victory. And the logistics are unstable, in the event of defeat, we will collapse in a large area like the Beiyang Army last night. This is the territory of Beiyang, so the Beiyang baggage can be requisitioned on the spot, their rout distance is limited, our logistics are long, once the rout changes, the position is a thousand miles away. We can't take that risk. Guo Shanhu said in a deep voice. He Guo Shanhu originally sought stability in the war, and many times he did not seek merit but no fault. He was different from other offensive generals of the Wehrmacht. Thinking about defeat before winning, this is his characteristic.

"This ......," Xu Zheng said a little unwillingly.

"Chief of Staff, from the moment Cao Kun led the Beiyang army of 500,000 into Jiangsu, our combat mission has changed. Cao Kun concentrated almost half of Beiyang's troops under his command, which led to the emptiness of several other forces. As long as we don't suffer a big rout, we can easily contain half of Beiyang's troops. This may not be a great contribution to our Fourth Army, but it is a great contribution to the overall strategy of the Wehrmacht. On the battlefield, it is not necessarily necessary to destroy the enemy to be the merit of war. Guo Shanhu said with a smile.

Xu Zheng thought about it for a while, and a look of clarity appeared on his face. After all, Xu Zheng has served as Feng Yong's operational staff officer for a long time, and his vision is extraordinary, and he has disagreed with Guo Shanhu several times before, because the two have different footholds. Now he knows the reason from Guo Shanhu, and finally knows why Feng Yong asked Guo Shanhu to serve as the commander of the Fourth Army. Among the commanders of several military regions of the National Defense Forces, Guo Shanhu is the oldest, and he has reached the age of establishment. He may be young in other forces, but he is not young in the Wehrmacht. His Southwest Military Region is the smallest of the eight field military regions of the National Defense Forces, and he himself is also the least visible in the National Defense Forces. You must know that although he was born as a bandit, his qualifications in the National Defense Force are only slightly inferior to a few people such as Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhen Zhen, Lin Hu, and Liu Hei. And now the people in front of them have become famous all over the world, only Guo Shanhu is still unknown. It was not until this moment that Xu Shuzheng understood why Guo Shanhu was able to serve as the commander of this group army but he couldn't.

"Commander, I understand, I will do my best to cooperate with you in the future!" Xu Zheng said with some admiration.

Guo Shanhu smiled and nodded. Xu Zheng has vision and strategy. What is lacking is only real combat experience. This has something to do with the fact that he is not a general who has grown up step by step in the army.

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