When you rushed to Suqian for Dong Ku, all the work in Suqian had been completed, and even the gold and those utensils that were transported back to Shanghai were loaded into trucks and waiting to be shipped.

Dong Ku glanced at the list that Qu Jun had just handed over, and then asked, "How are the casualties?" ”

"Captain, the casualties are relatively large for the day of perseverance, a total of 4,300 people were killed, 3,600 were wounded, of which 600 could not fight, especially on the side of Llama Lake, the losses exceeded two regiments, and the defense was too bad."

Dong Ku also knew that the defense of the road would not be small if it was suppressed without enough firepower.

It seems that the mechanized troops really have to hurry up, otherwise this battle will start, the infantry will be disconnected from the artillery, the lack of tanks is good to say, gun grenades can make up for the role of tanks, but it is only limited to dealing with the Japanese, and the really difficult bones still need tanks to complete.

Dong Ku squinted his eyes and didn't speak, thinking quietly.

Sun Tao quickly arranged for a trustworthy person to escort the truckload of gold and silver back to Shanghai, and packed the seized guns and ammunition and waited for Lao Zhao to send someone to transport them.

At the same time, I asked Yangzhou where there was a supply in Hangzhou, and it was almost shipped, especially the compressed biscuits, the consumption of the troops was too huge, and if the people's food was not captured in Little Japan, it would not be possible to collect it at all, and the people themselves had no food to eat.

Fortunately, there is Shao Fat's compressed biscuit factory, and Shanghai is already controlled by the advance army, so the cargo ship can go straight to Shanghai and then transfer to Yangzhou, so that the army does not have to worry about the supply not being able to keep up.

Dong Ku pondered for a while, sent a telegram to Shanzi, and asked him to step up the construction of tanks, armored vehicles, and personnel carriers, increase the production of self-propelled artillery, and get helicopters off the production line as soon as possible, so that they could be installed in two months. When the troops reach Shanhaiguan, they can use the Japanese army to train in the use of new weapons and explore the experience of cooperation in battle.

At the same time, he was given electricity to the dog, so that he could strictly guard against Soviet Russia, and at the same time, he also accelerated the production of tanks, armored vehicles and personnel carriers. Helicopters also pick up speed. As for the barrels, Mongolia did not need to rush to produce them, because Dong Ku had obtained the casting technology of self-tightening guns by contacting the weapons company by asking Field, and had already customized a large number of barrels of various calibers, which could arrive in batches after a month, and even the barrels of tanks were produced in Italy.

Less casting of the barrel. Tanks can be mounted a little faster.

After sending the telegram, Dong Ku handed over all the division-level commanders to the headquarters and held a pre-battle meeting to discuss how to fight the campaign to attack Xuzhou.

The captured map of the Japanese army clearly marked the location of the large army, and although it was possible to move slightly, the general layout would not be too far apart.

On the map, the defense of the Japanese army was in a circle, within a radius of 100 kilometers. In addition to entering several nodes of the main battlefield, the interior. The staggered forces are quite advantageous for defense and strangulation, and obviously, Terauchi Shouichi has also put in a lot of effort.

For the attack, everyone's room was quickly divided into two factions, one faction thought to advance quickly. Interspersed with the defeat of the Japanese army outside Xuzhou, after penetrating, the artillery fire was divided, and then divided and eaten.

The other faction is steadily advancing and strangling layer by layer. Until the siege of Xuzhou.

Both of these options are feasible, the first rapid advance is slightly more dangerous, once blocked by the Japanese army and cut off at the waist, then the troops entering the hinterland of the Japanese army will be eaten by the Japanese army. The second is that it consumes a lot of time and takes a long time, but it is relatively safe, after all, the artillery on this side, even if the Japanese army builds a cement bunker, will not stop shelling that day. Advancing layer by layer, twenty or thirty kilometers a day, and the battle can be easily ended in ten days.

Dong Ku waited for everyone to finish discussing, he looked at Zuo Boyang, who had not spoken, waiting for his plan.

Zuo Boyang was suddenly quiet in the command headquarters, turned his head to look at everyone, and knew that this was waiting for himself, so he stood up and said: "According to the effect of the shelling in the past two days, our rapid advance will definitely be expected by the Japanese army, and the end of the battle can be faster, but the encirclement of Xuzhou and the breakthrough, I think it should be carried out together, including Taierzhuang, in this battle, I love you to defeat all the elite of the Japanese army, strangle most of them, let the Japanese army's strength regress, and wander away from our rainy attack, otherwise, if you advance steadily, The Japanese army will not be able to withstand the pressure and will retreat and flee the main force. ”

"At present, Changzhi is already in the hands of the Japanese army, Niangzi Pass is also in danger, Yan Laoxi is afraid that it will not take long to evacuate Taiyuan, so we can't let a large number of Japanese troops flee into Shanxi, where the terrain is not suitable for our army's rapid advance, and the mountainous area will be much more difficult to attack."

Dong Ku and the others did not answer, and after waiting for an explanation, Zuo Boyang, who made a summary, came up with a plan.

Zuo Boyang picked up the whip stick, pointed to the map and continued: "We are in Suqian, Yu Lei is in Bengbu, Yu Ke will spend the night tomorrow to block the enemy in Taierzhuang, enter between Weishan Lake and Taierzhuang, and surround the Japanese army in Taierzhuang, so that our right wing does not have to worry about the Japanese army will make a big move, Yu Lei, there is Gu Zhutong's army advancing together, and Zhang Zizhong is on the left flank, so we don't have to worry about the flank, in this way, we will intersperse with Yu Lei's department, and the self-propelled artillery will follow the movement of the troops and break through quickly." ”

"After we passed through the camp with Xuzhou, we went around to Chaitang, Dangshan, and Shanxian to encircle Xuzhou, and at the same time, we divided our troops to move to the right of Lu, surrounded Taierzhuang, concentrated superior artillery, bombarded the Japanese army in the encirclement, and ate the army inside with shells, so that Xuzhou could be taken, and the Japanese army on the main battlefield was sharply reduced, and the Japanese army was divided by turning back, and the Japanese troops in Shandong and Hebei were disconnected and attacked separately, so that our advantages could be fully utilized."

Dong Ku followed the route pointed by Zuo Boyang and looked all the way, he somewhat understood Zuo Boyang's intentions, Shandong, because Ke assisted Lao Zhao to attack, the Japanese army in Hebei and Shangqiu Kaifeng due to Lei's assistance, his army advanced all the way, straight into Shanhaiguan, and then turned back to divide troops on both sides to eliminate the Japanese army in Hebei and Shandong, at this time, block Shanhaiguan, and attack alone, and Haierbin's Shunzi, attack on both sides, in one fell swoop, you can defeat the Japanese army, and will not let the two armies with a gap meet, and when you enter Shanhaiguan, he doesn't have to interfere in the pass for the time being, It would be nice to think about attacking the Japanese mainland.

Rapid advance, the speed of movement of self-propelled artillery is unimaginable for the Japanese army, and all the Japanese troops who have been bombarded by self-propelled artillery have also died.

Dong Ku pondered for a while, digested Zuo Boyang's intentions, nodded and said: "Rapid advance is our strong point, and it can also reduce the consumption in the case of constantly peeling the skin layer by layer, divide the encirclement, and divide the Japanese army into three pieces, and our long-range artillery advantage can be brought into full play." ”

Sun Tao added after Dong Ku finished speaking: "Xuzhou, can't be ceded to Lao Jiang, so, the adjutant's plan can just include Xuzhou in our attack range, and we will seize Xuzhou to ensure the smooth flow of the supply line, as for Taierzhuang is in charge of Lao Zhao, according to our cooperative observation, our supply line will not have any trouble with him, plus there is a mountainous area to attack Jinan from the south, it is better to detour to the north bank of the Yellow River, and it is convenient to cross the Yellow River to attack Jinan again." ”

After a few people finished speaking, they obviously agreed to Zuo Boyang's plan of rapid advance and division and encirclement, and used superior artillery to tear apart the stalemate of the Battle of Xuzhou, avoiding the war of attrition with the Japanese army piece by piece, and quickly ending the battle.

After the direction was decided, everyone discussed the details, and began to rest and recuperate, adjust the structure of the troops, and make preparations for a rapid advance.

First of all, all the trucks hit, thousands of trucks hit two divisions, used to tow artillery, transport troops to advance quickly, and concentrate all the anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns, according to the way that Shanghai was modified, the trucks were increased armor protection, used in assault, self-propelled artillery plus the rapid advance of trucks, so that the attack could reach the fastest speed.

At the same time, the message arrived at Yu Lei, who was also preparing a truck in his leisure to use it as a quick assault to prepare for the upcoming strangulation in Xuzhou.

Gu Zhutong and Zhang Zizhong didn't know about the plan at this time, and Dong Ku would not tell them before the attack, so as to avoid the Japanese army's surprise attack on the trucks, and then dig trenches to block the movement of the trucks, then it would be difficult to achieve the assault.

Lao Zhao also received an order to speed up the march at the same time, he had Yu Ke's two divisions to assist, hold Lianyun, give up the attack on Jining, and rush to Zaozhuang in a straight line, it is expected that at four o'clock this afternoon, he can meet with the Japanese army from Taierzhuang, strangle overnight, intersperse between Zaozhuang and Taierzhuang, and block the Japanese army in Taierzhuang.

He will be able to reach his position tomorrow, and Dong Ku will attack before he arrives. After all, if he enters the Taierzhuang theater first, he may have to bear very great pressure, Dong Ku, before this pressure comes, he must first focus the attention of the Japanese army on the east of Xuzhou, and then Yu Lei and Lao Zhao will advance at the same time, and the big thing can be achieved.

After the plan was decided, everyone began to get busy, brushing you with the stickers that could be collected, using simple tools to add armor to the truck, covering the front of the car, protecting the fuel tank, and as for the tires, it was only up to luck, after all, there were not enough materials here to modify these trucks, and it would be on for the time being.

The anti-aircraft generals captured in Suqian were also modified and mounted on trucks to become armed armored vehicles during the assault. Heavy machine guns were also mounted on trucks and carried with them to reduce the hassle of resupply.

The Japanese army, at this time, was a little out of breath.

Huai'an's strangulation plan was not implemented smoothly, Miyake Mitsuji was shattered, and the enemy strangled Suqian's reinforcements, and at the same time, Lianyun was also taken, so that the Japanese army smelled that Xuzhou would be a battle that would determine the fate of the empire. (To be continued......)