The last time they dealt with the devils, the three divisions seized a large amount of equipment and supplies. Meng Xiang has always looked down on the devil's equipment, but it should be his own interests that must be fought for.

Li Zongren is not the kind of stingy person, and the two families simply discussed and decided on the distribution plan.

The Central Army dragged away all the weapons and ammunition, and the vanguard army received a large amount of materials left by the devils, such as military rations, mules and horses, vehicles, etc., which were looted by the devils, and also received those scrapped weapons and parts and other broken copper and iron. As for the gold and silver that each family had hidden in the course of the war, both sides deliberately ignored it.

Compared with the large amount of weapons and equipment captured, the vanguard suffered a slight loss. Because of the attack of the devils and the blockade of the Longhai line, a large number of materials collected and collected by the Central Army in the land of Lianghuai could not be transported, and as a result, they were sent to the vanguard army by Li Zongren with great anger. The difference in price was made up by the vanguard army providing some weapons and ammunition.

This transaction directly made the corresponding materials on the territory of the vanguard army greatly replenished. Meng Xiang also saw the advantages of this, and directly ordered Ma Yi to use barter transactions when facing the central army. However, the materials traded are limited to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and other products other than grain.

In Meng Xiang's impression, the food in the national control area has always been insufficient. He did not know that there would be a bumper grain harvest in the Kuomintang area this year, and he could not bear to take grain from his population, so he chose to trade with other cash crops and agricultural and sideline skins.

Although the devils cut off the retreat of the Central Army, only the 14th, 16th, and 10th divisions obviously could not block the incoming and outgoing transactions. Although large items such as cotton and wood cannot be transported, materials such as cotton, tea, and fur can be transported back and forth while the devils are blockading. At the same time, large quantities of grain were also being smuggled in by air from enemy-occupied areas. At this time, the grain in the special zone of the vanguard army can still support the purchase of summer grain, so there is no need to worry too much. When the time comes to purchase grain from enemy-occupied areas, it is possible to buy grain from outside through trading to make up for it, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of grain in enemy-occupied areas.

Matches and other items that have resumed production in the Special Zone have also been directly transported to various places for sale under the protection of the vanguard escort team along with the salt produced in the salt works. The refined salt produced by the vanguard army tasted good and was cheap, and in the face of the market where sea salt was somewhat out of stock, it was sold out at once. In the face of the salt sold by the devils, the common people are still willing to choose the salt of the vanguard army with cheap and good quality. The salt of the vanguard army also had no tax concerns, and it was easy to face the dumping of the spearhead.

Regarding the vanguard army's occupation of Zaozhuang, except for some generals of the Central Army, Li Zongren still acquiesced. Having a vanguard army to the north relieved him of his worries. All his energy was now focused on dealing with the devils in the south.

With the help of these captured materials and the liberation of the northern front, the Central Army opened the passage to the west while fighting the devils on the Huai River line in the south.

The planes of a squadron of the vanguard army were also helping the air force defending against the devils, and with the addition of an artillery regiment of the vanguard army, the devils had the advantage of reducing the establishment of three divisions, and the two sides began to confront each other on both sides of the Huai River for a while.

With a safe space, Meng Xiang began to arrange it calmly.

The No. 9 base car set up in Gaomi has begun to be upgraded.

According to the revelation of the Yanzhou base, Gao Mi, who is also in the plain area, chose a large area of wild forest and stationed a team to enclose the surroundings. The reason why Gaomi was chosen is that there are not many coal mines in the Jiaodong area, and there is not enough electricity supply with geothermal resources. The coal mine in Longkou has been supplied to the Zhaoyuan base.

There are no large coal mine resources near Zhucheng and Wulian, this Meng Xiang still has some memories, even if the Fangzi coal mine resources near the power station are not much, but Gaomi is relying on the Jiaoji line, and the relatively rich coal mines in Qidu can be directly transported by train.

According to the 100-kilometer area directly under the central jurisdiction, the sub-base set up by Gaomi can complete the eastern defense line, block the passage of the Shandong Peninsula, and even easily control the entire Qingdao area.

Meng Xiang has always been worried that at the time of the harvest, the devil suddenly came to sweep away. With this sub-base, the safety of the east side of the main base can be guaranteed, and the safety of the Weifang area can be guaranteed, and a large area of farmland there can be protected.

"That's right, there is still a southeast corner missing, and you can use the base to complete the defense of the entire SAR!" Meng Xiang looked at the No. 10 base, which was about to be produced, and couldn't help but smile easily.

In the southeast, the Fifth Division and the 114th Division were still being reorganized, confronting Zhang Zizhong in Linyi City, and there was not much movement. Since there were two divisions here, Li Zongren did not dare to take it lightly, nor did he dare to withdraw the 59th Army.

There was a stalemate in the south, but the Central Army in the west was concentrating superior forces and was encircling and annihilating the 14th Division, which was too prominent.

After blocking the Longhai line, the 14th Division pointed the finger at Lanfeng. This action is also very different from the plan made by the original base camp, which is also one of the reasons why Seiji Kazuki was removed. However, the adjustment from above did not delay the attack of the 14th Division.

At this time, the Central Army had already mobilized five armies, including the 8th, 27th, 64th, 71st, and 74th armies, as well as two divisions of the 61st and 106th divisions, which were directly under the central control of the theater, and Hu Zongnan's First Army was also rushing here. The crippled 16th and 10th Divisions dragged Li Zongren's heels, and Lao Jiang felt confident that the 14th Division would be completely annihilated, so he ordered an encirclement and attack on the 14th Division on the 19th.

Lao Chiang's Central Army also received a lot of artillery from the vanguard army, but most of them were 75-mm mountain guns that were convenient for transportation, and in the flat eastern Henan Plain, facing the heavy artillery group of the 14th Division, they could only be passively bombed.

Although the devil's plane lost a lot in the fight with the vanguard army, there were still a lot, and this time it was directly transferred to the side of the 14th Division by Terauchi Shouichi. One is to relieve the siege of the 14th Division, and the other is to open up the situation on the Central Army. Cheng Qian, who understood Lao Chiang's thoughts, politely rejected the request of the Vanguard Air Force to participate in the war early on, striving to show the prestige of the Central Army in this battle in which the 14th Division was completely annihilated. So in this battle, the vanguard army only had six medical teams of 12 people involved.

There was no response to Meng Xiang's repeated reminder that the 14th Division was similar to a mechanized unit, and this information was not known to the vanguard army, and the Central Army had already known about it. But the power of the mechanized army, they have not yet fully realized, at least Lao Jiang did not recognize.

Moreover, he did not realize that the powerful Zhouqiao troops of the 14th Division could be linked with the troops on the north bank of the Yellow River at any time, and they were not alone, and they could receive material and personnel support from the troops on the north bank of the Yellow River at any time.

So in the ensuing battle, the troops of the Central Army suffered heavy losses.

With the deal of the Vanguard Army, the air force of the Central Army sent 20 planes this time, but said that he himself dispatched 36 planes. After a scuffle between the two sides, 11 of the Central Army Air Force were shot down, and 4 of them were obtained, but the air supremacy was occupied by the devils.

With air superiority, Tu Feiyuan took advantage of the strong mobility of the mechanized troops to continuously fight in a wide range of roundabouts, directly dividing and dragging the ranks of the Central Army apart. The Central Army did not surround him, but was annihilated by him. These elites of the Central Army have all gone through the battles of Songhu or Nanjing, and their vitality has been greatly damaged, and they have not yet finished resting. Many of the recruits were also not well trained, and directly picked up guns and went to the battlefield.

When many teams encountered devils, they even retreated directly. Long Muhan's 88th Division, the elite of the army, retreated directly without authorization, causing a series of collapses.

The 14th Division bypassed Lanfeng, which once made the Central Army think that it had defeated them, and it was also very proud that they had been defeated and fled westward. However, the 14th Division's rout was aimed at Kaifeng, and they relied on their powerful Zhouqiao troops to establish a ferry on the Yellow River, and quickly received support from the troops on the north bank.

After receiving the support of the new divisions in China, the North China Front was much more stable, and for the predicament of the 14th Division, Shouichi Terauchi, who also intended to make a breakthrough here, sent men to rush to support. The 4th Mixed Brigade crossed the Yellow River on the 26th. The 10th Division entangled Li Zongren's assault team to the west, and the 16th Division attacked Shangqiu directly.

After the devil adjusted the personnel this time, he arranged a strict plan, and even the radio station changed the password, which made the vanguard army who was trying to crack the devil's new password not know the devil's new plan.

The 18th and 101st Divisions of the Central China Dispatch Army suddenly joined the attack of the two Huai. The central army of Lianghuai immediately became tight, and some could not support it. The strength of the five divisions is not a joke, for this reason, the devils have postponed the attack plan on Wuhan, and the forces mobilized in China have gradually been put in place to solve the two Huai first.

In April, the 22nd Division, which was also newly formed, was also transferred to Lianyungang, where it attacked Linyi with the 5th Division and the 114th Division. This time, the 22nd Division was escorted by the Canglong aircraft carrier, which was only completed at the end of last year, and the more than 60 planes on it were aimed at the vanguard army.

At the same time, the aircraft carrier Kaga also moved south to the vicinity and joined the attack on Linyi. The more than 80 carrier-based planes above him, together with the Flying Dragon, have the ability to compete with the vanguard air force.

Faced with the approach of the devils, Meng Xiang had to fight, the southeast corner lacked the support of the base, once the devils broke through, the entire special zone would be passive. Taking advantage of the fact that the troops of the Central Army are involved in the defense can also relieve some of the pressure.

The 110th Division that the devils landed in Qingdao was also approaching to the east, although with the support of the Gaomi sub-base, the 50th Division of the Vanguard Army did not dare to move easily. In the face of the crisis in Linyi, the Huang Huamin Brigade, which had temporarily ended the suppression of bandits, supported Linyi together. Gu Liangmin's 22nd Division is also moving there to try to plug this loophole. Huang Baitao, who was in Wulian, led a brigade to attack the devil's Ju County. But the devil was attacked regardless of the foothold, and attacked Linyi with all his might.

The southward pressure of the 116th Division of the Devil also made the 18th Division of the Vanguard Army have to guard against the Yellow River defense line in the north.

The 3rd Mixed Reading Brigade of the North China Devils also crossed the Yellow River and rushed to Luxi, cooperating with the 16th Division to attack Shangqiu.

Huang Jie faced the strong attack of the 16th Division on Shangqiu, ignored Cheng Qian's order to defend Shangqiu, gave up the defense of Shangqiu, and ordered the 187th Division to defend the city for three days, and then led the 40th and 24th divisions formed by the Tax Police Regiment to withdraw directly to Kaifeng.

The 187th Division only held it for a while and then withdrew. The 16th Division took Shangqiu lightly.

The Central Army was distracted by the strong attack of the 16th Division and had to stop the encirclement and annihilation of the 14th Division.

Lao Jiang directly reprimanded him as a laughing stock for the ages.

The Devil's 10th Division also withstood Li Zongren's attack to the west. The 16th Division continued to advance and occupied Qixian.

Faced with this round of more ferocious attacks by the devils, Lao Jiang began to think about the plan of retreat again. But Bai Chongxi dissuaded him, and instead ordered the vanguard army to enter the battle in full force.

The situation seemed to be a little critical, but Meng Xiang didn't realize that there were too many difficulties.

At this time, the central army in the south can still hold on, and the attack on Linyi can also be held. To the north and east are a division, and the threat is not great.

Hu Minghe's brigade directly attacked the defense of the 10th Division, even if the 10th Division changed its commander, it still could not stop the attack of the vanguard army, and in two days, under the bombardment of 18 150-mm heavy guns, it directly broke through the dead hold of the 10th Division and hit behind the 16th Division.

In order to slow down the offensive of the devils in Central China, the readers, who had expanded to the area of Tianmu Mountain and Huangshan Mountain, also began to attack the surrounding area.

Wei Hanchao's Reading Force, which had grown to more than 7,000 people, had been upgraded to a Reading Force, and under this circumstance, it was directly divided into more than a dozen battalions to attack devil strongholds in various parts of North China. Let the devils in North China be anxious for a while.

The devil's offensive seems ferocious, but it doesn't pose much of a threat.

Even the planes of the two aircraft carriers of the devil are not too much of a threat to the vanguard army, which has more than 200 pilots at this time. There are more than 500 aircraft of all kinds in the vanguard, but there are not so many people to fly them.

"This time, why not kill one or two aircraft carriers of the devils!" Meng Xiang was arrogant for a while. The naval strength of the devils at this time is indeed very strong, but the aircraft carriers do not seem to be as many as later. Even if the battleship came, he could not climb ashore. Meng Xiang already has thirteen B-17s in his hands, and it will not be difficult to cooperate with more than fifty Stuka D aircraft carriers to bomb the two devils by then. There are few planes that can pose a threat to the high-altitude bombing B-17 aircraft. When the time comes, even if you use ammunition to pile up, you will have to press these two aircraft carriers of the devil into the sea.