"Takahashi, I want you to think about it carefully, you are an Imperial soldier that I value very much, and I don't want you to risk this matter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Tsuchihara still admires Hiroshi Takahashi, he sees himself in Hiroshi Takahashi when he was young, impulsive, hot-blooded, and that kind of drive.

"Retreating in fear of difficulties is not a quality that an imperial soldier should have."

"You have to think clearly, there won't be another chance like last time, I don't want you to die like this." Kenji Dochihara.

"You just don't have faith in me?"

"It's not that you don't have confidence, but you do it single-handedly, the chances of success are very small, and his command must be under strict protection." Kenji Dohihara said, "I'm the headquarters, can you easily come in?" ”

"General, although your command headquarters is well defended, it is not difficult for Takahashi to get in." Hiroshi Takahashi said very confidently.

"Really?" Kenji Tohihara raised his eyebrows.

"If the general doesn't believe me, can we give it a try?"

"Not today, I'm going to go to Taiyuan temporarily, wait for me to come back, okay?" Kenji Dohihara nodded, he didn't have an intuitive consideration of Takahashi's ability, this time might be an opportunity.

"How many days is the general going?" Takahashi Hiroshi was surprised, at this time, Kenji Dohihara actually secretly returned to Taiyuan, did he want to leave the war on the front line?

"Two days at most."

"Then I'll wait for the general to come back." Takahashi said solemnly.

"Takahashi, in these two days, I hope you don't leave Caozhou, your people also try to move as little as possible, I will collect the information you need, in Luxi, I have to do more work than you." Kenji Dohihara said solemnly.

"Okay, General!" Hiroshi Takahashi nodded and agreed.

"It's nothing, I'll go first, everything is as usual here, I'm still in Caozhou, do you understand?" Kenji Dohihara commanded.

"Takahashi understands that he will not reveal the general's whereabouts to anyone."

"Then thank you Takahashi-kun." Kenji Tohihara nodded slightly.

Yuncheng.

"Kunimitsu, will this personnel change at the top of the Japanese army have an impact on our plans?"

"I hope that the Japanese military top brass will not transfer Kenji Dohihara away, so that a familiar opponent will be much easier for us to deal with than an unfamiliar one."

"And what if you send a fool?"

"If I am Terauchi Shouichi, what he needs is an obedient subordinate, obviously, Tsuchizuki Kiyoji and Tsuchihara Kenji are not, Kazuki Kiyoji is in the position of the commander of the Second Army, and the past year has not been good, he is like an overhead puppet, Terauchi Shouichi is too powerful, he can't compete, but Tsuchihara is an old bachelor, he knows that Terauchi Shouichi can't go to the front line to personally command the troops, so, what does he want to do, Terauchi Shouichi just wants to interfere, and it is beyond the reach of the whip."

"Isn't it good to strictly follow the orders made by the Japanese army base camp?"

"That's not what I'm worried about." Leng Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, in history, the Battle of Lanfeng could have eaten most of the main force of the Tufeiyuan Division, but in the end, it was like that, and in the end, there was no way to use the method of breaking the embankment at Huayuankou to block the Japanese army east of the Pinghan Line.

The cost is dearly.

The bursting of the embankment at Huayuankou is a man-made disaster, and in addition to causing the displacement of millions of people in the 800-mile yellow flood area, it is not without realistic positive significance.

It's just that this is a lose-lose style of play, and Leng Feng hopes not to use this step.

Leng Feng was really not at ease with Huang Jie and Gui Yongqing, one gave up returning to Germany, and the other abandoned Lanfeng, both of whom were the leaders who led to the defeat of the Lanfeng battle.

Now these two people and two armies are stationed in the two most critical places on the Longhai line, Guide and Dangshan.

Dangshan is still a little relieved, Qiu Qingquan is over there, the situation of the 46th Division is much better than in history, and it is not easy for the Japanese army to break through from Dangshan.

If it is Guide, if Kenji Dohihara is really bent on going south and leaving him to die and live, he is worried that Huang Jie may not be able to hold it.

However, judging from Kenji Dohihara's current actions, it seems that he has no plans to go south immediately.

And the ideological confusion and personnel turmoil within the Japanese army are very beneficial to GJ, but Shunroku Hata is an old devil who is very good at seizing opportunities.

Leng Feng had an ominous premonition that the Japanese army in Central China might make a breakthrough on the southern front.

Leng Feng's premonition was soon realized, and the Japanese marines landed in Lianyun and then captured the East China Sea, and two divisions of the 46th Army at Fan Songpu, who were resting in Yizhou, launched an attack on the Japanese troops who had captured the East China Sea.

After the bloody battles between Fan Songpu and the Japanese Fifth Division at Tancheng and Linyi, the losses were very serious, and the whole army was less than 8,000 men, while the Japanese army not only had 3,000 marines, but also an elite night combat wing of the Japanese Army transferred from the mainland.

In less than half a day, it was defeated by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army then launched a fierce attack on Yizhou, and the commander of the Fifth Theater urgently transferred the 3rd Division of Li Yannian's Division of the 2nd Army to the aid of Yizhou.

On the Linyi side, the Japanese army transferred heavy artillery and tanks from Qingcheng to launch a fierce attack on Linyi, Linyi City was already overwhelmed, although the Dian army fought bravely, but still failed to block the powerful artillery fire of Itagaki Seishiro.

On the evening of the 23rd, the news of the fall of Linyi came.

The Dian army suffered heavy losses and was forced to move in the direction of Taierzhuang and build a defensive position on the west bank of the Yi River.

The headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater immediately mobilized the 20th Army Corps to reinforce the Yunnan Army and stabilize the battle line, and at this time, the voice of opposition to the evacuation from Xuzhou suddenly became quieter.

The fire of war in the Xuzhou area was burning again, and this time, although the Japanese army was not as fierce as the last time when the 10th and 5th master regiments were advancing together, it was more dangerous.

The troops in the Xuzhou area are tired divisions that have been fighting for more than half a month, especially although the battle of Taierzhuang was won, the losses on the GJ side were not small, and the troops were in urgent need of rest.

This made the next battle full of unpredictability, in fact, for the next move of the Japanese army, the Wuhan Command and the Fifth Theater Commander's Department have made predictions and war games.

The result is much the same, if the national army continues to stay in Xuzhou, not only will it not be able to hold Xuzhou, but it will also suffer a devastating blow.

A strategic retreat is the only option!

However, what I didn't expect was that the Japanese army moved quickly, and the Japanese navy also joined in the fun, sending warships to escort the landing ships of the army from Lianyun, and the marines also directly occupied the East China Sea.

Immediately afterwards, the offensive forces in the Linyi direction were increased.

The Central China Front continued to increase troops on the southern line of the Jinpu Road, with more and more troop numbers, from the 6th, 9th, 11th, and 101st divisions, the 106th, 116th and Guards Divisions were also discovered, as well as the troops of the puppet Manchuria and TW.

Although these divisions were incomplete, according to the statistics of the number of these scattered troops, the strength of the Japanese army on the southern front had reached 80,000 and was still increasing.

"It has been preliminarily determined that it is the Japanese Army's landing transport ship Kamigawa Maru and the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet ...... that have landed in the East China Sea."

"The situation is quite unfavorable to us, in Yizhou, although we requisitioned the 3rd Division of the Second Army Li Yaojie, but the Japanese army is equipped with tanks and artillery, as well as aircraft to support anytime and anywhere, our equipment is not enough to resist the powerful Japanese Navy and Air Force, so the loss of Yizhou will be within three days......"

"The 9th Division is deployed in the vicinity of Xin'an Town, right?"

"Yes, Chief Li."

"Yizhou must hold out for more than three days, we need time, we have so many troops, more than 100,000 people, and materials and equipment, too many."

"I have already discussed with Leng Guoguang, the water detachment under his command has thousands of merchant ships, we can also temporarily requisition some rumors, first withdraw equipment and materials to the west of Weishan Lake, and he will set up a temporary material reserve warehouse in Yutai on the opposite bank." Li Delin said solemnly.

"This method is good, if you take the waterway, it is safe and efficient, but the Japanese bombing cannot be avoided."

"During the day, we transfer supplies from the land transfer terminal, and at night we transfer them to Yutai, so that we can avoid bombing by Japanese planes."

"Well, that's a good idea!"

"According to our calculations, it will take at least a week to transfer the supplies and the wounded, and we have to hold on for a week before the Japanese army arrives, which is not an easy task."

"On the front line of Zaozhuang in Taierzhuang, we can build a large number of civil fortifications, block at layer, resist step by step, and now there are a lot of rumors in the rear, saying that we plan to give up Xuzhou and give it to the Japanese, it is a matter of people's morale, we must fight this battle, even if we lose, we must fight." Bai Jiansheng said solemnly.

"But we fight, not to defend to the death, in order to retreat and preserve our living forces, so, I don't approve of hard fighting, but if that force retreats without authorization, don't blame our military law for being merciless, within the specified time, you must give me a position to hold, and if someone dies, I must be nailed to the position!" Li Delin reminded his generals fiercely.

You can't turn a strategic retreat into a big rout, then it's a big stain.

Kaifeng, the headquarters of the First Corps in eastern Henan.

"Chief Xue, Leng Guoguang is calling, he wants us to cooperate and put a little pressure on Kenji Tu Feiyuan." Wu Xiqi took a telegram and walked into Xue Boling's office.

"How does he want us to cooperate with them?"

"It didn't say anything on the telegram." Wu Xiqi smiled bitterly, he was convinced of these two people, and the telegram was all hidden, and he didn't make it clear directly, so he had to guess the other party.

These two people seem to be more energetic, and they both want to suppress each other, but Wu Xiqi can also understand that these two people are extremely smart people, and you are actually having fun with each other.

"It seems that Leng Guoguang still doesn't want Kenji Dohihara to return to Germany." Xue Boling put down the scroll in his hand and let out a long sigh.

"Why, this arm can be too big. Legs can't be made? Wu Xiqi asked in surprise.

"You, you don't understand, Leng Guoguang's bad water in his stomach, he wanted Kenji Dohihara to rush us from the beginning." Xue Boling shook his head and smiled.

"Rush us, what are Kenji Dohihara rushing us doing?"

"What if Leng Guoguang cuts off the supply line of Tu Feiyuan?"

"It's unlikely, the importance of the supply line, Kenji Tsuchihara doesn't know, he will definitely send heavy troops to garrison." Wu Xiqi said in surprise.

"Otherwise, why is Tu Feiyuan reluctant to go south in Caozhou?" Xue Boling glanced at Wu Xiqi.

"But where did Leng Guoguang get the strength to cut off the supply line of Tufeiyuan?"

"Not before, but now it's different, the forces in his hands, even if they resist the soil and fertilizer plainly, it's no problem, let alone just cut off a supply line?" Xue Boling said with a smile.

(To be continued.) )