If Bai Chongxi's plan is to be implemented, then it will be difficult for the First Army and the 78th Army alone to block the attack of the Japanese army, and it is necessary to increase troops to Heze, but where does this force come from? Only the 24th Group Army stationed in Yanzhou Lincheng Zaozhuang or the 49th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou; Ｑb⑸、COM\

The 24th Group Army was responsible for supporting the 2nd and 3rd Group Armies and the central route for which Zhang Zizhong was responsible, while the 49th Group Army was responsible for protecting Xuzhou and coordinating the northern and southern fronts. Withdrawing the 24th Group Army, Sun Lianzhong and Zhang Zizhong did not support it, but they faced the main force of the Japanese army; The 49th Army was transferred, and problems on the southern front could not be remedied.

Speaking of the southern front, if Gu Shoufu is blocked south of the vortex river, but in this case, their flanks will be attacked by the 9th and 13th divisions that have already crossed the river; However, if Gu Shoufu was allowed to cross the river, it would be necessary to continue to attract the 9th and 13th Divisions to Suxian, but now they were stopped on the south bank of the Lu River, so it was necessary to further mobilize Gu Shoufu to the north, and possibly even to Yongcheng. If the Japanese forces on the north and south lines are close to each other, the entire battle plan may be completely disrupted, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

"There's one thing, it can be done right away." Xu Zuyi looked at Zhuang Jihua, who was a little anxious, and said slowly: "Li Yannian's division of the Second Army has done nothing in Lixin, so it is better to transfer it north." ”

This was an action that could be taken immediately, it was originally planned to annihilate the enemy on the north bank of the vortex river, and the Second Army was just stuck in Lisin to reinforce the Third Division and Gu Shoufu to flee south, but now that the situation of the battle has changed, it is not appropriate to stay there any longer.

"The telegram ordered Li Yannian immediately..."

Xu Zuyi waited for a long time and didn't wait for Zhuang Jihua's words, and couldn't help but look up to see what was wrong with him, only to find that Zhuang Jihua was staring at the map, and his head seemed to be sweating.

Xu Zuyi didn't disturb him, but waited quietly to the side, and after a while, the door rang, and Gong Chu came in with two telegrams.

"Report," As soon as Gong Chu's words came out, Xu Zuyi motioned for him not to make a sound, Gong Chu looked at Xu Zuyi and then Zhuang Jihua inexplicably, and finally closed his mouth and quietly handed the telegram to Xu Zuyi.

"Say, what did Bai Chongxi say?" Zhuang Jihua was a little irritable and asked impatiently.

"Commander Bai said that the terrain on the southern front is complex and there are many rivers, which is good for defense and not conducive to attack, while the terrain on the northern front is flat, and it is difficult to attack and defend. If our army concentrates the main force of the First Theater and part of the troops of the Fifth Theater, it will be able to completely annihilate its army, and we are required to abandon the plan of annihilating the enemy on the southern front and carry out the battle plan on the northern front. ”

"In addition, the chairman of the NPC National Committee sent a telegram saying that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the battle plan should be changed accordingly, and the abandonment of the southern front operation is also the result of overall consideration, and if this battle is won, it will certainly become a turning point in the Sino-Japanese war, and I hope we will implement a new combat plan." Xu Zuyi's voice was dry, without any likes or dislikes.

What a little Zhuge , it seems that he has persuaded Chiang Kai-shek, Zhuang Jihua sighed secretly in his heart, he frowned and said: "Once the battle plan is decided, unauthorized changes will lead to total passivity, and the risk of the operation on the northern front is extremely high, please consider it again." ”

According to this battle plan, the Fifth Theater would bear all the risks, and Zhuang Jihua decided to fight again, but Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek both quickly called back and insisted on their original orders.

Zhuang Jihua was a little angry, how could the battle plan be easily changed? Bai Chongxi didn't know that just when Zhuang Jihua was still fighting, Yang Yuchun walked in quickly.

"The report is from the chairman of the National People's Congress that the southern front can only concentrate the 22nd Group Army and the Second Army, the 9th Division and the 13th Division, and stay on the south bank of the Lan River; once they come to the aid of the west, they will not be able to form an overwhelming superiority in their troops, and they will not be able to annihilate the enemy on the southern front, and the northern front can concentrate the forces of the two theaters to form an overwhelming superiority, and the success is quite large, and we must not hesitate to abandon the southern front and carry out the operation on the northern front." After Yang Yuchun finished reading, he looked at Zhuang Jihua with some nervousness, and he also knew the danger of changing the battle plan at this time.

"Commander, I think that at present, we can only carry out Commander Bai's battle plan," Zhuang Jihua didn't speak, Gong Chu suddenly interjected, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhuang Jihua frowned, but he still didn't change his face: "They have put the Japanese army on the bank of the Yellow River, and there are several ferries south of Puyang that are suitable for crossing the river, and it is difficult to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river by relying on the First Army alone, even if the 78th Army is added, it is very reluctant, it is better to give up the southern front operation." ”

"What about Toshio Tani? After the 49th Group Army went north, who would defend Xuzhou? Xu Zuyi asked rhetorically.

"Transfer the new 22nd Division back to Xuzhou," Gong Chu said calmly: "In addition, I suggest that the Second Army should not be transferred north, but go south, and attack the 3rd Division with the 21st Group Army in the north and south, forcing Shunroku Hata to draw troops back to help, as long as he can transfer a division back from the front line, we are sure to block Gu Shoufu south of Yongcheng." ”

Zhuang Jihua frowned and looked at the map, and asked for a long time: "What if Shunroku Hata doesn't transfer troops from Gu Shoufu?" This way, the Japanese army is going to cut off our rear road, and it is impossible to complete this task with weak troops. ”

"This is a gamble," Gong Chu said after a pause, "The war cannot be fought exactly according to the predetermined plan. ”

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and felt that although this method was risky, it might be the least risky: "Okay, then take a gamble." ”

After speaking, he turned to Xu Zuyi and said, "Chief of Staff Xu, I will make some adjustments to the troops below, you can remember them." The 41st Army was ordered to immediately move to the north bank of the Lu River and form a frontal blocking group, under the personal command of Deputy Commander Li Pinxian. The 11th Group Army was ordered to abandon Mengcheng, cross the river from Wuyang, deploy defenses on the front line of Longshanji and Qingding, and form a left-wing blocking corps, with General Deng Xihou, commander of the 23rd Group, as the commander-in-chief, to command the 11th Army and the 23rd Group Army on the left flank, and to block Gu Shoufu south of Yongcheng. ”

"Order the new 22nd Division to return to Xuzhou immediately, and order Li Jiayu, deputy commander of the 24th Group Army, to lead the 47th Army to Yanzhou immediately, of which the 108th and 176th Divisions are deployed in Jiyang; Ordered Lan Yundong to lead the entire army of the 49th Group Army to the north and head to Heze. ”

"Order, the Second Army immediately went south, attacked the Third Division fighting against the 21st Group Army in Shou County, and formed the Southwest Attack Corps, with Liao Lei, commander of the 21st Group Army, as the commander-in-chief, and unified command of the 21st Group Army, the 92nd Army and the Second Army."

"Immediately forward the telegram of Commander Bai Chongxi to General Li Pinxian, General Deng Xihou and General Liao Lei, commander-in-chief of the Southern Front, and at the same time inform all the armies of the Southern Front to abandon the southern front to annihilate the enemy, and the 46th Army, 51st Army and 68th Army to give up luring the enemy to the north, and be sure to block the frontal Japanese army south of the Li River;

"In addition, the new battle plan was immediately notified to Sun Lianzhong, Zhang Zizhong, and Tang Enbo."

Zhuang Jihua said very slowly, this adjustment is very risky, Tang Enbo and Zhang Zizhong are under very great pressure, once the First Army of North China breaks through to Shandong, Shinozuka Yoshio and Antengliki, who were killed from Jinan and Jiaodong, will become even more crazy.

Henan, the First War Zone, after the Japanese army in the south of North China occupied Puyang, the troops immediately crossed the Jindi River in three ways, with the 27th Division in the center, the 17th Division on the left, and the 24th Division on the right, and pounced on the Yellow River crossing, and the 36th Division followed up, and the 41st and 37th divisions attacked along the Pinghan Line on the Pinghan Line, and Shang Zhen commanded the First Army and the 20th Group Army to resist step by step, and gradually retreated to Xinxiang.

On the endless land, the roar of the motor was brought by the cold wind, and a large number of Japanese troops crossed the frozen earth like locusts, bringing up dust from the sky, leaving a bloody trail and rushing to the crossing of the Yellow River.

The Eastern Henan Corps led by Xue Yue launched the Japanese army from the southwest with the 71st Army as the vanguard, and fought a fierce battle with the division of the Japanese left wing army on the front line of Dingluan Town. The 22nd Group set out from Yanjin and advanced to attack Huaxian.

On the other side of the Yellow River, Hu Zongnan guarded Heze with the 1st Division of Li Tie's military headquarters, and personally led Li Wen's 78th Division to the south bank of the Yellow River to block the attack. Song Xilian led the 78th Army from Jiyang to Heze; Lan Yundong led the 101st Army to reinforce by car through Peixian, Shanxian and Dingtao, and Sun Zhen led the 102nd Army to Jiyang by train, and then took a car to Heze.

On New Year's Day in 1939, the sky was full of haze, snowflakes were falling from the sky, artillery on both sides of the Yellow River was rumbling, and a large number of Japanese troops rushed to the opposite bank in assault boats.

"Yo Xi, it's really Amaterasu's blessing." Masaharu Honma reached out and scooped up a snowflake, watching it turn into a cloud of water in the palm of his hand, his palm tilted slightly, and the water droplets rolled down to the muddy ground. He was very satisfied with this weather, since the day the offensive was launched, the Chinese Air Force has not ceased to cause trouble for them, and the tank wing that rushed to the forefront of the whole army has suffered considerable losses; before reaching the bank of the Yellow River, he was still worried about how to deal with the threat from heaven when crossing the river.

"Speed up the river!" Honma Masaharu put on his gloves, there was no squadron on the other side when they arrived yesterday afternoon, and a large number of squadrons appeared on the opposite side early this morning, and it was obviously the elite troops of the squadron, they quickly formed a formation while marching, and immediately launched an attack. The beachhead troops put up stubborn resistance with artillery fire from the north shore.

"The ** unit on the other side?" Masaharu Honma asked again.

"The First Army of the ** Army," Chief of Staff Ota Gonghide replied respectfully: "This is the first unit of the ** government army, which is said to have been established during the Whampoa period, and is the elite of the elite." ”

To Daejeon's surprise, Honma Masaharu didn't seem to be happy, frowning slightly: "Not the troops of the 49th Group Army?" ”

After the two battles in Nanjing and Xuzhou, the 49th Group Army had become the public enemy of the Japanese army, and the Japanese soldiers hated and feared it, and they were proud of defeating the 49th Group Army. But when Daejeon heard this, he was excited, if it was the 49th Group Army on this side, I am afraid that the beachhead would no longer be able to hold it.

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