"Is this a problem?" Meng Xiang instructed Gong Chu to be transferred to the main base hospital with better conditions, but the 18th Division lacked a chief of staff.

"I don't believe it, it's so difficult to accept a little brother!" Meng Xiang gritted his teeth and said in his heart, he couldn't read so much gossip in vain.

"Sun Liren, Wang Yaowu, Zhang Lingfu, Hu Lian or who, none of you can run away anyway!" Meng Xiang shouted alone in the command center.

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"Ran away? Han Fuyu ran away again? It didn't take long for Meng Xiang, who was basking in the sun in the open space outside the base, to receive the news.

He looked into the distance, even though it was already noon, the gunfire in Jinan City was still dripping.

"Didn't they go to war again this morning? So quick results? At about 7 o'clock in the morning, Meng Xiang received an urgent telegram, and Han Fuyu's two divisions launched a counterattack against the devil's vanguard brigade. At that time, Meng Xiang also praised, but he didn't expect that it didn't take long for Han Fuyu to be defeated so quickly.

"The devil's southward strength has reached a wing, and the artillery of the 10th Division has also been mobilized. The 12 planes that supported the devils also flew to the south. Fan squinted his eyes and enjoyed the rare good weather.

"Ryosuke Isoya, this kid is smart, he didn't dare to come to us for trouble, so he went to find Lao Han." Meng Xiang laughed, then looked in the direction of Tai'an, and stood silent.

Han Fuyu's two divisions should be able to withstand this one wing, but with the addition of 12 planes and some newly added artillery of the 10th Division, I am afraid it will be very difficult. The losses were about the same, but not to the point of rout, and there was still a division behind him.

"Lao Han is still afraid that Lao Jiang will clean him up!" Meng Xiang sighed that the more news he gets, the more content he analyzes from it, and Meng Xiang's horizons have broadened a lot recently.

"After this Sino-Chinese war, the authority of the central government will inevitably be seriously damaged. If you don't take advantage of this to clean up, China is afraid that there will be no stability after the war! Pharmacist Tang sat in the sun, constantly shaking his fan and sighing.

"Hmm!" Meng Xiang nodded, the history textbooks of later generations had already told him. Lao Chiang has also been cleaning up all kinds of warlords and maintaining the authority of the central government, but in the end he still collapsed. Eight years has consumed too much of Huaxia's vitality.

"Don't think about it in the future, the central government may come to clean us up at any time now!" Pharmacist Tang said again. Since Meng Xiang's "frank revelation", Pharmacist Tang's suggestions have also increased.

"Hmm!" Meng Xiang nodded slightly.

"Are we going to attack and involve the devils to go south?" Meng Xiang couldn't help but say again. Lao Han's failure also has his own reasons for indulging the devil to go south, no one else is a fool, the devil went south too smoothly, and he was afraid that he would be deducted.

"Just pull it appropriately, don't attack it. This victory of the 10th Division, I'm afraid that everyone else will not be able to hold their breath! Fan Chong nodded.

On the afternoon of the 15th, Meng Xiang received new information.

The 13th Division of the Devils attacked Fengyang Bengbu in the south, and the 31st Army of Li Pinxian's 11th Group Army put up stubborn resistance on the west bank of the river.

Meng Xiang is not surprised by this, the prelude to the Battle of Xuzhou has begun. But what he didn't know was that in the original history, this time should have been 26 days. The early end of the Nanjing Massacre also made the devils prepare in advance. With the North China Dispatch Army breaking through to the south, the devils in Nanjing couldn't hold their breath.

Yesterday, because Lao Chiang strongly rejected the peace talks, the devils were also annoyed and angry and put forward an official statement that they would never interfere with Lao Chiang's political axe again. The devils in Nanjing also took advantage of this to continue to attack northward, trying to open up the Jinpu line and establish a security protection line in the coastal areas.

"Thank you so much!" Li Zongren clasped Ma Yi's hand and thanked him.

Li Zongren is also worried, as soon as Han Fuyu withdraws, the Jinpu line will open the northern gateway for the devil. Even if the vanguard army still insisted on Jinan, he didn't think it would be of much use.

Even if Lao Jiang was pressed step by step by himself, he still thought of ways to clean up the warlords in the country, and naturally he would not let go of his old rival Gui family for more than ten years.

Since October, after Li Zongren became the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, he was also amazed in the face of the order issued by Lao Chiang for at least three months and the group of soldiers under his command.

Wei Yunsong's 31st Army, with 3 divisions, is still a Gui army, but there are more new soldiers.

In the 3rd Group Army, Lao Han has already run away, and his subordinates have limited ability to fight again.

The 57th Army, 2 divisions, is the Northeast Army with limited combat capabilities.

Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, 2 divisions, is also the Northeast Army, and its combat power is slightly stronger.

The 89th Army, 2 divisions, and the Jiangsu Security Corps were reorganized, but it will definitely not be as powerful as the security regiment of the Vanguard Army, it is just a thorough militia team.

Pang Bingxun's 3rd Army, although known as the corps, was only one corps, poorly equipped, and only 5 infantry regiments in size.

In the end, Lao Jiang kicked the 22nd Group Army, which was not wanted in all theaters.

Two years ago, there was a catastrophe in Sichuan, and countless people were killed, and eating food as a soldier became a way to live. In the call for the Anti-Japanese War, the Sichuan army pulled out three or four hundred thousand troops at once. With so many novices, logistical supply alone is a big problem. Weapons are okay, even food and clothing are not guaranteed.

When the 100,000 troops of the 22nd Group Army rushed to Shanxi in straw sandals and single clothes, it was already a cold winter. Neither the Jin army nor the Central Army had the idea of providing enough supplies to this group of outsiders, and the generals of the Sichuan army did not plan to feed this army themselves. As a result, the Sichuan army, which was no longer in charge, was no longer subject to military discipline, and looting places became the fastest way to solve the problem of food and clothing.

Yan Xishan began to cry out for injustice, and other theaters were afraid to avoid it, and in the end, Lao Jiang, who was also a headache, gave the 22nd Group Army to Li Zongren at Bai Chongxi's suggestion.

Li Zongren, who lacked manpower, did not refuse to come at this time, and directly accepted this batch of Sichuan troops. Either way, as long as you can fight. He also understood what Lao Jiang meant.

These armies are all motley armies.

If he wins, Lao Jiang's face will also shine, relieving the pressure on the central government, and providing ample time for the expansion of the Wuhan team and the rest and replenishment of the team.

If he is defeated, the face of the Gui family will be lost, and the prestige will be greatly reduced. And no matter whether you win or lose, all the losses are miscellaneous armies. This provided more convenient conditions for Lao Jiang's next step of integrating the whole country.

It's not that it's not painful to be born by my mother, and it's true. These miscellaneous equipment are very poor, especially the Sichuan army, one person and one gun can't do it, and many people even resist the firearms in the former Qing Dynasty.

You can find a way to solve it by eating and drinking, but what about this weapon? How can you fight a war without weapons?

At this time, Ma Yi came to the door on behalf of the vanguard army. At once, 10,000 guns of all kinds and 3 million rounds of ammunition were given away for free. In addition, there were 12 75 guns and 8 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, as well as related ammunition of various types.

Although most of the 10,000 firearms are second-hand goods, Li Zongren is still grateful. In particular, those artillery and anti-aircraft guns can be regarded as solving the urgent need. Looking at the news around them, staring at the various military horses with these weapons, Li Zongren immediately waved his hand and divided the weapons.

Meng Xiang didn't care too much about Li Zongren's gratitude, most of these firearms were seized from the devils, except for the damaged ones that were not repaired and directly thrown to the base for recycling, the firearms that were still intact were all gathered, waiting to be sent. This time, they were packed together and given to Li Zongren, and they didn't forget to publicize it in all kinds of miscellaneous cards, don't do good deeds without leaving your name when the time comes, and waste this opportunity to win everyone's favor.

Looking at the firearms in their hands that were said to have been captured by the vanguard army, everyone was secretly surprised, nearly 10,000 guns, if it wasn't for the arsenal of devils, how many devils would need to be eliminated?

What they didn't know was that the vanguard army had eliminated many devils, but there were not many weapons left, and under the intensive rain of bullets and shells, the devils' weapons were particularly damaged. That is to say, there are many devils eliminated, and even rifles and machine guns have enough 8,000 second-hand guns. The deficiencies will be replaced with a brand-new mid-form form with 2,000 strokes. Bullets and everything are made up together.

"The longer the battle of Xuzhou drags on, the more beneficial it will be to the development of the base!" Meng Xiang sighed in his heart.