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7.2 Chief Lee's clever plan

The person who knows you best in the world is not your friend, but your enemy.......

Regarding the calculations in the hearts of the highest authorities, Chief Li, who has been fighting with Nanjing for half his life, naturally knows it!

Some things don't need to be said! The fact that the supreme authorities want Chief Li to take up the heavy burden of Xuzhou at such a time of crisis, but refuse to equip Chief Li with an elite army, and the intriguing attitude of the Wuhan Military Commission towards the miscellaneous army, has actually explained a lot of problems......

A large number of miscellaneous units such as the Sichuan Army, the Old Headquarters of the Northeast Army, and the Northwest Army were successively thrown into the Xuzhou battlefield by the Military Commission, which also shows from another side that the highest authorities have an attitude of "treating dead horses as live horse doctors" towards the Xuzhou war situation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn that case, why let Chief Li go on this troubled water? How could such an abnormal behavior of the highest authorities not make Chief Li think about it?

If you think about it carefully, even the process of Chief Li being appointed by the Wuhan Military Commission as the commander of the 5th Theater of Operations has a lot of artificial traces!

As soon as Commander Li arrived in Nanjing, the Military Commission had already drawn up an overall strategy for the War of Resistance. Chief Li and others all have the same idea, according to the employment criteria and habits of the highest authorities, Han Fuqu, the chairman of Shandong, will naturally become the commander of the 5th Theater of Operations, but they did not expect that the hat of the commander of the 5th Theater was actually put on Chief Li's head, which shocked many people in the government!

The highest authorities always seem to like to come by surprise in front of everyone, and they don't want people to see through their thoughts, which is something that everyone in the upper echelons cares about.

At first, Chief Li thought that the supreme authorities were playing some tricks of "trying to capture the old and indulge in the past," so he found out that the supreme authorities planned to give up the position of commander of the 5th Theater to Han Fuqu, but as a result, the supreme authorities said a lot in front of Chief Li.

National righteousness, military responsibility, such a high-profile statement from the mouth of the highest authority makes people feel impassioned! If you change to an ordinary character, I am afraid that you have already been moved by the highest authorities, and you will go to Xuzhou with your chest patted!

But how could Chief Li be an idle person? Chief Li, who is very familiar with the supreme authority, kept nodding his head in agreement in front of the supreme authority, but he just didn't say that he was willing to go to Xuzhou!

In the eyes of an old Jianghu like Chief Li, these words of the highest authorities can only deceive the people outside the government gate, and he will never believe it!

The highest authorities soon saw Chief Li's inner thoughts, and in order to persuade him to go to Xuzhou to take up his post, the highest authorities could only tell some truths.

The highest authorities told Chief Li that Han Fuqu had hooked up with the Japanese before the Anti-Japanese War, and let such a person be the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, I am afraid that it will cause criticism!

Chief Li still nodded, or didn't speak, such a reason is still a bit far-fetched, anyway, now the highest authorities are begging for themselves, and Chief Li wants the highest authorities to say more valuable things!

"Degong! Xuzhou is the land of four wars, and there is no danger to defend! From a strategic point of view, once the Nanjing War is over, the Jinpu line will inevitably be the next target for the Japanese army! The composition of the troops in the 5th theater is mixed, and Han Xiangfang can't suppress the scene! Only a general like you can command those local troops! ”

Hearing that the supreme authorities had finally told some truth, Chief Li nodded heavily, and after the Battle of Nanjing began, many journalists and political commentators in China who knew nothing about it had the same erroneous conclusion. These people believed that after the Japanese army broke the main force of our army in the area of Beijing and Shanghai, it would definitely drive straight into Wuhan and attack Wuhan, and if Wuhan fell, then the situation of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression would be out of control. But in fact, this statement lacks common sense in military science! Where can the fallacies of literati on paper be of any value? After the Japanese army succeeds on the Beijing-Shanghai line, it must open the Tianjin-Pudong line to clear the threat on the right side, and then it can enter Wuhan westward.

Xuzhou has become a must-attack place in the eyes of the Japanese army!

The Chinese army was newly defeated in Songhu, and its morale was low! Although Huang Haoran in Nanjing had some good news, he was outnumbered after all, and Huang Haoran could not hold on to it for too long in Nanjing. Once Nanjing is lost, the Japanese army will attack the Jinpu line with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas. If the Japanese army swept Xuzhou with the might of a new victory, such a situation would indeed be beyond the reach of Han Fuqu, a mediocre man, to deal with, but it would be difficult for the supreme authorities to ask Commander Li to deal with the powerful Japanese army with 70,000 or 80,000 tired divisions in the 5th theater.

Thinking of this, Chief Li finally opened his mouth, he proposed that the 5th Theater of Operations is seriously understaffed, and it is difficult to stop the Japanese army's sweep, and if you want to fight a long-term defensive battle on the Jinpu Line, the government must replenish the troops of the 5th Theater!

The highest authorities laughed in their hearts! Since Chief Li has begun to think about how to fight this defensive battle on the Jinpu line, that is to say, he has already agreed to go to Xuzhou!

The highest authorities have won another round from this old opponent of his!

"Degong! The Military Commission has tried its best to transfer more troops to Xuzhou! At present, there are almost 6 armies in the 5th theater, and you also know that in the bloody battle of Songhu, the Central Army was injured! When the national disaster is at hand, I hope that Duke De can take care of some more ......"

The words of the highest authority made Chief Li frown, waiting? How to deal with it? The Japanese will not be polite to you! If he takes office, he will lose Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains, in less than a month! Will you be held accountable to yourself by the highest authorities?

"Take a seat! It's not that the German neighbors are deliberately looking for excuses to shirk it, but it is really that the Jinpu line is in the middle of an attack from the north and south, and the enemy can land from Haizhou and Qingdao at any time, and the current strength of the six armies is definitely difficult to deal with! ”

Chief Li's firm attitude finally returned to a vague promise from the highest authorities:

"In the future, the troops withdrawn to Jiangbei on the Beijing-Shanghai line can be controlled by you."

It is precisely because of this promise from the highest authorities that Chief Li felt a little at ease and took over the hot potato of the 5th war zone!

The action of the highest authorities to appoint Chief Li as the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations was almost extreme, as if he was afraid that Chief Li would regret it. Because of the focus of the Japanese attack in Xuzhou City, the commander's headquarters of the 5th theater was set in Xuzhou.

Chief Li's position was to command the Chinese troops in the Five Theaters of Operations in a defensive battle to defend the Jinpu Road. It extends to the south bank of the Yellow River in Jinan in the north, the north bank of the Yangtze River in Pukou in the south, and the coastline extending from Wusongkou of the Yangtze River to the north to the mouth of the Yellow River in the east. The areas directly under the central government include: Shandong Province and most of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces north of the Yangtze River, with vast jurisdictions and heavy responsibilities. For the sake of concentrating forces, it is specially stipulated that the functions and powers of the Chief's Department may directly command the party and government organs within its jurisdiction.

Chief Li is well aware of his heavy responsibility, but after calculating the strength of the 5th theater, Chief Li has a feeling that "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice". Therefore, on the day that Chief Li went to Xuzhou to take up his post, he did not say anything grandiose, but his generosity in going to the country really touched many people in the government.

Seeing that Chief Li once again occupied the height of public opinion, the highest authority said a little sourly:

"This Li Delin just likes to play with these fancy intestines! The doers needed to resist Japan today are not dramas! ”

When Chief Li found out, he smiled......

"Report! Commander! Wuhan Secret Electricity! ”

"Read!"

The voice of Major General Li Yang, director of the Confidential Office of the Commander of the 5th Theater Command, woke up the supreme authorities from a thousand thoughts, and Chief Li turned around to see that it was Li Yang, the director of the Confidential Office, who had come to see him, knowing that the telegram he was holding in his hand must be a secret telegram from the supreme authority.

The highest authorities gave Chief Li the right to freely assemble personnel in the 5th Theater, so Li Yang, the director of the confidential office, was also personally selected by Chief Li

Let Li Yang read the secret telegram of the highest authority, this behavior of Chief Li has actually violated the code of secrecy, if Li Yang cannot be trusted by Chief Li, then Chief Li will definitely not issue this order to Li Yang that may be used as a reason to attack him at any time.

Li Yang smiled at Chief Li, this was to thank Chief Li for his trust in him.

"Forgive me! The new defeat of Songhu, the fall of Nanjing, the military strength of the Central Army in East China has been reduced by three or four ten, and the crisis in Xuzhou is still expected to be borne by the public, and it is ...... for the survival of the country and the nation."

"Enough!" Chief Li interrupted Li Yang's voice, he didn't want to listen to it anymore, no matter how good the highest authorities said, he couldn't use it as a military envoy, there was no difference between this secret telegram and the reply of the Military Commission, the core was actually four words:

"No soldiers!"

Although Chief Li had already guessed such a result, he still had some expectations before Li Yang read the secret telegram from the highest authority, and now, the expectation is gone......

"Such a big China! Can't even draw three or five divisions? Who believes this!? ”

There was fire in Chief Li's heart, and the words he said were naturally not good, Li Yang didn't know how to open his mouth to comfort Chief Li, he could only cast a look of help to Xu Zuyi, chief of staff of the 5th Theater of Operations, at the other end of the room.

Seeing Li Yang's pleading gaze, Xu Zuyi realized that it must have been Chief Li who heard some bad news from the confidential room, and that he, the chief of staff, was doing an errand to extinguish the fire for the commander, and Xu Zuyi came to Chief Li's side as quickly as possible.

"Commander! What's going on? Did Director Li say something wrong? I'll talk about him! ”

Originally, Chief Li was not angry at Li Yang, but Xu Zuyi's round made Chief Li's anger disappear a lot, and Director Li handed the "secret telegram" in his hand to Xu Zuyi, and then waved his hand at Li Yang, the director of the confidential room, signaling that he could leave.

Li Yang stood up and saluted a military salute and then turned around and walked away from Chief Li and Xu Zuyi, Xu Zuyi looked at Li Yang disappeared at the door and then glanced down at the message, and then said to Chief Li with a smile:

"Commander! Aren't you hurting me? If the people of the 'military commander' know, I'm afraid that someone from Xu will be unlucky! ”

Chief Li knew that Xu Zuyi was joking with himself, but now he was not in the mood, and the behavior of the highest authorities to tear down the bridge after crossing the river made Chief Li feel very bad, he pointed at the telegram in Xu Zuyi's hand, and then said not to worry.

Chief Li spoke, Xu Zuyi stopped being hypocritical, he lowered his head and quickly browsed it, the content of the message was clear at a glance, Xu Zuyi also read three lines to understand the meaning of the highest authorities' reluctance to transfer troops to the 5th war zone, but considering that Chief Li needed a little time to calm down his anger, Xu Zuyi pretended to read it very carefully.

Xu Zuyi's ideas did not escape the eyes of Chief Li, and Chief Li was still very satisfied with Xu Zuyi, the chief of staff who he personally selected.

Xu Zuyi is a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School, and the Army University. He is very capable and has a wealth of military knowledge. Before the Northern Expedition, Xu Zuyi served in Zhang Zuolin's Feng army, and in the 17th year of the Republic of China, he served as a representative of Zhang Shaoshuai to come to Beiping and the Nanjing government to contact the Northeast about changing banners. After "918", Xu Zuyi was transferred to Nanjing and served as the director of the First Department of the Military Command Department, planning operational matters. Because his old partner "Xiao Zhuge " had another important position, after accepting the post of commander of the Fifth Theater, Chief Li wanted to select a cadre from the Military Commission to serve as his chief of staff in the future, so as to liaise with Wuhan, and finally selected Xu Zuyi. Although Chief Li and Xu Zuyi had never met before in Xuzhou, they hit it off at first sight.

Before going to Xuzhou to take up his post, Chief Li appointed Xu Zuyi as the chief of staff of the 5th Theater, because the war in Songhu was urgent at that time, the Military Commission needed Chief Li to stay in Nanjing to make some suggestions and assist in the planning of the front-line war, so Chief Li asked Xu Zuyi to go to Xuzhou first to organize the headquarters of the commander of the 5th Theater.

When the Central Army was defeated in Shanghai and Nanjing was in an emergency, Xu Zuyi had already organized the headquarters of Chief Li in Xuzhou, and since then Chief Li has been even more favored by Xu Zuyi, and many things have been handed over to Xu Zuyi to deal with confidence. After Han Fuqu was arrested, Xu Zuyi faintly became the No. 2 person in the 5th War Zone.

In front of Li Yang, the director of the confidential room, Chief Li still had some things that were not convenient to say, and now that the object of conversation was Xu Zuyi, Chief Li could finally speak freely!

"Yan Mou (Xu Zuyi's word)! When I was in Nanjing, I considered that the Anti-Japanese War had reached a critical juncture, so I reluctantly agreed to be the commander! Now the Military Commission does not give us a single soldier in the 5th theater! It's chilling! Look at this telegram! It's the same tune again! Difficulty? How can it not be difficult to fight the current situation? Withdraw the million-strong army of Beijing and Shanghai to the second line of defense early, how can there be today's situation! ”

Chief Li's cannon shot made Xu Zuyi feel the same way!

How important is Xuzhou's strategic position? Don't those people in Wuhan really know? If Chief Li can hold the Japanese back on the Jinpu line for a few months and give sufficient time for the Wuhan rear to redeploy, it is possible that China will continue to engage in a long-term entanglement with the enemy while the international situation changes. If Chief Li's resistance on the Jinpu line is quickly broken up by the Japanese army, the Japanese army can go down to Wuhan in one fell swoop! Covering the Central Plains! As a result, China will have no respite, and the future of the War of Resistance will be unimaginable. What a simple truth! Could it be that all the generals of the Military Commission eat dry food?

Most of the people are still pretending to be confused at this time!

As for who the instructor was, Xu Zuyi didn't want to say it, and he didn't dare to say it......

"Commander, maybe... Wuhan really has no choice, we... Or ......"

Xu Zuyi was very weak when he said this, there was no way, who made him feel that what he said could not be believed?

The Nanjing Garrison, which had withdrawn to Anqing, had not yet received the order of disbandment from the Military Commission, and the Teaching Corps, the 88th Division, the 36th Division, and the 74th Army were transferred to Wuhan by a warrant from the highest authorities.

If these six armies in Xuzhou are the central army that is the heart of the highest authorities, will the highest authorities still insist that Wuhan has no troops? In the final analysis, the highest authorities still want to use the War of Resistance against Japan to eliminate all the miscellaneous armies, and the attitude of the Military Commission towards the filming is: "Grain and salary will be deducted in peacetime, and no replenishment will be made in wartime." "When the strength of the miscellaneous army is almost consumed by the Japanese, the Military Commission will disband or reorganize these troops into other units, and as for the vacated number, the Central Army will naturally take over!

"There is no way? It's just an excuse to deceive children! If the Nanjing Garrison did not teach the troops of the Central Department, such as the General Army, the German Armament Division, and the 74th Army and the 99th Army, the commission would turn a blind eye to Huang Youchen's transfer of the 1st Army and the Sichuan Army? In the final analysis, it's not because the troops guarding Xuzhou are all miscellaneous! I don't feel sorry for how many people have died! Yan Mou! You know it in your own heart! Is there a Central Army in the troops of our 5th theater? ”

Chief Li was not as subtle as Xu Zuyi, he directly said the reason why the Military Commission refused to increase troops in the 5th Theater! Compared with the other war zones, the troops directly under the jurisdiction of the five war zones are pitiful!

Look at the money given by the highest authorities to the 5 war zones! It's no wonder that the candidate for the commander of the 5th theater has not been determined, if it weren't for the desperate lobbying of the highest authorities to Chief Li, I'm afraid that only Han Fuqu, a mediocre club, would be willing to jump into the fire pit of Xuzhou!

The 31st Army, commander Wei Yunsong, has 3 divisions under its jurisdiction and is stationed in Haizhou, northern Jiangsu. Most of the cadres at and above the squad level were old squads before and after the Northern Expedition and had quite a lot of combat experience, but most of the soldiers were newly recruited peasants, and their training time was short, so they had little combat experience.

The 3rd Group Army, Commander-in-Chief Han Fuyu, after Han Fuqu's arrest, Sun Tongxuan took over as the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Group Army, under the jurisdiction of 3 armies (12th Army, Army Commander Sun Tongxuan; 55th Army, Army Commander Cao Fulin; 56th Army, army commander Gu Liangmin), stationed in Shandong. The training and equipment of the unit are relatively good, and as long as they are willing to obey orders, they can still be used.

The 89th Army, commander Han Deqin, has 2 divisions under its jurisdiction, stationed in northern Jiangsu. The unit was reorganized from the Jiangsu Provincial Security Force, and its combat effectiveness was relatively poor.

The 51st Army, commander Yu Xuezhong, had 2 divisions under its jurisdiction, stationed in Qingdao, and later transferred to the southern section of Jinpu. The army was originally part of the Northeast Army.

The 3rd Army Corps, the commander of the corps Pang Bingxun, has 1 army under its jurisdiction (40th Army, Pang is also the commander), stationed in Dangshan. This unit was originally part of the Northwest Army and was poorly equipped. The whole army is called the corps, but in fact it has the strength of only 5 infantry regiments.

The number of troops available in the entire 5th theater is less than 6 corps. Moreover, these troops are all "miscellaneous cards" in the eyes of Wuhan, and they have always been the priority objects of the Military Commission's dismantling! For example, the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army, which had no backers, were suppressed by the Central Military Commission and had problems even replenishing their salaries, firearms, and ammunition, and the morale of the army was naturally extremely low.

Moreover, among the miscellaneous armies, there is still a general situation of empty salary, and the number of soldiers does not match the one on the roster at all! The training situation is also uneven. Compared with the combat units that participated in the Songhu War of Resistance, these "miscellaneous brands" are really third- or fourth-rate goods.

The generals of the "motley army" were aroused by the righteous indignation of the nation and wanted to fight with the Japanese army, but after they were worried about the combat losses of the troops, they would not only not be able to be replenished by the government's equipment and soldiers, but they would also be reprimanded for ineffective operations, and they would even be removed from their posts for investigation and handling, and their unit numbers would be revoked, thus losing their capital, so they were very hesitant and hesitant about the upcoming war.

In his daily conversations with his subordinates, Chief Li learned that many miscellaneous generals had the same concerns, and as the boss of the Gui family, Chief Li could understand these generals.

But at the same time, Chief Li is also the commander of the 5th Theater of Operations, and he can't let this sentiment spread! Just imagine, if the generals of the 5th theater have such an attitude, then how can the battle of Xuzhou be fought?

As for the supreme authorities, they have stubbornly divided the armed forces of the whole country into "central departments" and so-called "miscellaneous cards". Xu Zuyi is also very uncomfortable in his heart, how can Xu Zuyi, who was born in the Northeast Army, not be looked at strangely?

Since they are all flying the same banner, why does the Central Military Commission treat the Central Army and the miscellaneous army with thin and thick feelings? In terms of weapons, ammunition, clothing, and rations, the Central Army of the highest authority was replenished without limit, while the miscellaneous army was deducted by all means.

At the moment when the enemy is present, some of the friendly troops fighting side by side are well-fed, well-armed, and arrogant, while others are hungry and have inferior weapons. But is it fair to ask these people to fight the Japanese with the same strength?

But what's the use of talking about these issues right now?

The day after Han Fuyu gave up the important place of Dawenkou, the important towns of Qufu and Yanzhou in Shandong fell.

On 5 January, the Japanese army in North China continued to advance towards Xuzhou and occupied Yanzhou, where the Japanese army attempted to attack Jining, and Commander Li commanded the Chinese army to engage in a fierce battle with the Japanese army in Jining.

On January 11, Han Fuqu was arrested in Kaifeng, the commander of the 3rd Group Army was replaced by Sun Tongxuan, and with the obedient Sun Tongxuan, the strength crisis in the 5th theater was finally alleviated to a certain extent, but the Japanese army also had a new move, and the Central China Front Army in Nanjing City drew out a part of its forces to form a southern front corps to attack Xuzhou, and crossed the Yangtze River towards Xuzhou! To deal with the northern and southern flanking attacks of the Japanese, the current strength of the 5 theater of operations is still not enough!

Finding reinforcements for the 5th war zone has become Chief Li's top priority now!

The Supreme Authority's and the Military Commission have successively refused to transfer troops to the 5 Theater, and this blow is indeed too great, and it is no wonder that Chief Li has made some gaffes in front of Xu Zuyi today.

"it! It's really not good, Lao Tzu also learns Han Fuqu! Withdraw the fuck! ”

Chief Li was really furious! Unexpectedly, even such nonsense was said, Xu Zuyi hurriedly pulled Chief Li to a small living room, and then said to Chief Li in a low voice:

"Degong! If so, you have fallen for the supreme authorities! I just caught a Han Fuqu, and eighty percent of them are going to be killed! If you give up Xuzhou at this time, wouldn't you send the knife handle to the hands of the highest authorities? Problems can always be solved! I can't take care of that much now, Commander, I privately contacted the 57th Army in Anqing, and they are willing to sell me a favor and come to Xuzhou! It's just that Huang Haoran is there, do you want to say hello? ”

When Chief Li heard that Xu Zuyi had brought reinforcements from an army to the 5th War Zone, he immediately threw all the unpleasantness just now out of the clouds!

The 57th Army was originally the Northeast Army, and Xu Zuyi, the old man of the Northeast Army, worked hard from the old troops of the Northeast Army, and the success rate was naturally much higher! It's just that Chief Li doesn't quite understand why the 57th Army wants to greet Huang Haoran?

"It's best if they're willing to come! The 57th Army is not the Central Army, there will be no resistance from the Military Commission, as for Huang Youchen, I don't think there is any need to worry, Huang Youchen is a staunch anti-Japanese faction! I, Li Delin, want the 57th Army to fight devils, Huang Youchen will definitely release him, and his deputy commander of the Nanjing Garrison is about to step down. ”

Xu Zuyi listened to Chief Li's words, and already understood in his heart that Chief Li was afraid that he was not overwhelmed by what had happened in Anqing City these days, and Xu Zuyi felt that he had to explain it more thoroughly to Chief Li!

"Degong! If it was before the defense of Nanjing, Huang Haoran would definitely give Degong this face, but now, it may not be...... The matter of Huang Haoran being promoted to commander of the group army is now spread all over Wuhan, and some of the miscellaneous cards left in Anqing will be incorporated into the new group army by the Military Commission! I think Huang Haoran is also interesting to the 57th Army, after all, the quality of the soldiers of the old Northeast Army is placed there, but it has been abandoned a lot over the years......"

Xu Zuyi's words revealed a deep attachment to the Northeast Army, Chief Li thought about it carefully and felt that this was indeed the case, the miscellaneous cards in Anqing City in addition to the Sichuan Army and the Guangdong Army are the 57th Army, the Northeast Army, if Chief Li chooses to annex a force, he may also attack the 57th Army!

Xu Zuyi said that the quality of the soldiers of the Northeast Army is one aspect, and there is a more important aspect, that is, since the young marshal was reprimanded by the highest authorities, the Northeast Army has become a motherless child, and annexing such "orphans" is a lot less troublesome than annexing other local armies!

Of course, Chief Li would not say the second reason why Huang Haoran would definitely choose to annex the Northeast Army in front of Xu Zuyi, which hurt Xu Zuyi's dignity this time.

Now the matter of transferring the 57th Army to the 5th Theater has become difficult again, and it is one thing to ask Huang Haoran to let the troops that have always been irrelevant come to Xuzhou, and it is another thing to ask Huang Haoran to transfer his own capital to Xuzhou......

Chief Li's brow furrowed again, and he turned to face the wall and fell silent......

Xu Zuyi looked at Chief Li's back, and his heart fluctuated!

After the fall of Ping and Tianjin, Taiyuan and Songhu were also lost one after another. The residents of Xuzhou knew that Xuzhou was facing unprecedented dangers, and the citizens were emptied, and the city of Xuzhou was depressed, like a dead city.

After Chief Li arrived in Xuzhou, he immediately mobilized the people to hold an anti-Japanese war movement, convened a people's congress, encouraged every inch of land to fight, and organized the Fifth War Zone Anti-Japanese War Youth League. Exiled students from the north and south heard the news, and there were more and more pedestrians in the city. For the sake of calming people's minds, every morning or afternoon, Chief Li would ride a horse to inspect the main streets.

"Although the mood is very heavy, the attitude is pretending to be leisurely." It was Chief Li's private self-deprecation.

The citizens of Xuzhou saw that the commander still had this leisure, and came out to test the horse, believing that the war situation in Xuzhou would be stable, and they returned to Xuzhou to open shops and resume business. It didn't take long for the market in Xuzhou to become bustling again. The hearts of the people are stable, the material is abundant, and a dead city has returned to prosperity.

But this disguised peace cannot last after all!

After all, you still have to compete with the Japanese on the battlefield!

The world is speculating in different moods about the possible outcome of this ragtag army led by Chief Li under the siege of the Oriental Tiger and Wolf Army, which is in full swing.

Hopefully, it's going to be a comedy......

Xu Zuyi was sighing with emotion, and Chief Li suddenly turned back suddenly, his face was a little flushed because of excitement! Xu Zuyi was stunned! Could it be that Chief Li has come up with a solution to the problem?

"It's better to transfer the 57th Army than to transfer Huang Youchen! If you can pull his 99th Army to Xuzhou! Then the situation is completely different! Huang Youchen is now the heart of the commission, and with him, he is afraid that the Military Commission will not give us the 5th theater of operations! If you want to transfer Huang Haoran, you have to start with the 57th Army! Yan Mou! You must do everything possible to pull the 57th Army to Xuzhou this time! With this flavor medicine, we can invite Huang Youchen! ”

Chief Li's words Xu Zuyi only understood a rough idea, and he didn't understand what the relationship between transferring the 57th Army to Xuzhou and transferring Huang Haoran to Xuzhou had to do it, but since it was what Chief Li meant, then Xu Zuyi just had to do it!

When Xu Zuyi telegraphed with Miao Hanliu, commander of the 57th Army in Anqing, to discuss specific matters, Chief Li sent an urgent telegram to the highest authorities......

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After arresting Han Fuqu in Kaifeng, the anger of the highest authority also disappeared a lot, and seeing the smile on the face of the highest authority again, Qian Dajun, the head of the chamberlain, also became better.

At the beginning of 1938, China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had reached its most dangerous moment......

In the two directions of North China and East China, the Chinese army supported the all-out war of resistance for more than five months with flesh and blood, breaking the Japanese aggressor's vain attempt to annihilate China within three months. But it also paid an extremely heavy price himself.

From Baotou in Inner Mongolia in the north, including Taiyuan, Beiping, Tianjin, Jinan, and Qingdao, to Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other important towns in the south, all of them were occupied by the Japanese army. China's major industrial bases and ports of foreign trade and economic cooperation have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese, and the treasury has lost its source of income. Militarily, the central army, which has relatively modern equipment, as well as the local elite troops, have also suffered serious wear and tear and need to be reorganized.

The international community is generally pessimistic about the future of the War of Resistance Against Japan. On December 30, 1937, Falkenhausen, a German military adviser familiar with China's top military secrets and internal affairs, told German Ambassador Todmann that even if the Chinese army's equipment could be replenished, the Wuhan government would only be able to support it for six months at most, and he suggested that the highest authorities should immediately accept Japan's terms for peace talks. Ambassador Todman's assessment of the situation in China's War of Resistance was even more pessimistic than that of Falkenhausen. The Americans also believe that China's logistical support capabilities will last only another four months at most. Almost all the foreign personnel stationed in China have reached a consensus that the Wuhan government is about to admit defeat and accept Japan's terms for peace talks.

The highest authorities knew very well that if he chose to surrender at this time, he and his Wuhan government would immediately be overwhelmed by the frenzy of anger of millions of Chinese people and parties. He wouldn't do such a stupid thing. He tried to lower the terms of surrender, but the Japanese did not agree. Therefore, the only option available to the highest authorities was to continue the war of resistance.

The supreme authorities were not as pessimistic as Chairman Wang about the War of Resistance. President Wang always believes that China will die if it fights again. The highest authorities have always regarded President Wang's words as literati. He knew very well in his heart that as long as the Japanese could withstand it at this critical moment, with the attrition of the Japanese, the intervention of the international community, and even the entry of Western countries into the war, the outcome of defeat would definitely belong to Japan, not China.

After the fall of Nanjing, the Wuhan government expressed its determination to resist the war for a long time, and the supreme authorities realized that international intervention in peace negotiations would not be possible in the short term, and that the Sino-Japanese war had formed a protracted trend.

There is a premise for these strategies that the supreme authorities are preparing to implement, that is, Chief Li can withstand the attack of the Japanese army in Xuzhou, and if the Japanese are allowed to drive straight into Wuhan now, the Central Army, which has just experienced several large-scale bloody battles and suffered heavy casualties, will not be the opponent of these elite Oriental elites, and if Wuhan is lost, the supreme authorities will have to go to the southwest mountains to fight guerrillas! Such a situation is not wanted by the highest authorities, so Xuzhou must hold on for a relatively long time!

However, he was also reluctant to ask the supreme authorities to take out his precious Central Army to fight the Japanese army in Xuzhou, because the supreme authorities were such a contradictory combination, wanting benefits but also refusing to bleed.

At two o'clock in the morning of the 12th, the director of the confidential office sent a telegram to Qian Dajun's hand, and the seal on the outside of the document bag was clearly written, and the Xuzhou Governor's Headquarters sent an urgent telegram.

These days, there are a lot of telegrams from the Xuzhou Governor's Headquarters, and Qian Dajun has to send them to the highest authorities several times a day, and the highest authorities have also given a special explanation, the war in Xuzhou is scorching, and all telegrams related to Xuzhou must be delivered to him as soon as possible.

When the supreme authorities rushed back to Wuhan from Kaifeng, it was already late at night on the 11th, and this trip to Kaifeng caused a mountain of files on the desk of the supreme authorities that had not had time to be processed, and this night seemed to be another sleepless night for the supreme authorities.

"Take a seat! The Xuzhou Governor's Headquarters is in an emergency! ”

Qian Dajun pushed the door in and told the highest authorities the latest news, and the highest authorities heard that it was an urgent call from the Xuzhou Governor's Headquarters, and hurriedly asked Qian Dajun to take it.

When the supreme authority read the telegram, Qian Dajun always paid attention to the expression of the supreme authority, and he was accustomed to judging the psychological activities of the supreme authority from the subtle changes in the supreme authority's face.

Most of the news in Xuzhou is related to the Japanese, and Qian Dajun, who was originally going to see some negative emotions on the face of the highest authority, actually found that the corners of the top authority's mouth moved slightly upward!

This is a somewhat happy manifestation of the highest authorities!

Could it be that Li Delin of Xuzhou won the battle?

Qian Dajun began to look forward to the next words of the highest authorities...... (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )