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Because of the order to break the dam, Chiang Kai-shek was pushed to the forefront in the past two days. Although the situation was very critical at that time, it was not as difficult as the situation could not be reversed.

The main reason was that the decision makers of the National Government were panicked by the sudden attack of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was just a partial division, almost replicating the tactics of sneak attacking Guide, and a major roundabout move between Guide and Tuocheng.

This could have been discovered.

However, the troops stationed in Tuocheng were the 102nd Division, which were all Guizhou soldiers. During the Battle of Guide, they were affiliated with the Eighth Army. After the Battle of Guide, the Eighth Army changed its command system.

This army was stationed in Tuocheng, which was affiliated with Shang Qiyu's Second Army.

This unit is a unit that my grandmother doesn't love and my uncle doesn't love. It's not the turn of replenishing troops and equipment. It's not even the best, and even the military rations are deducted.

The officers and soldiers were very resentful.

According to the principle of nearby command, the 102nd Division should be under the command of the Eighth Army, but in this way, the Eighth Army has too many troops. The number of four divisions is the size of the army.

So, the 102nd Division was assigned to the Second Army.

This is not his own lineage, so Shang Qiyu naturally would not care too much. The Japanese army suffered a setback in Guide and suffered heavy losses. The commander-in-chief of the First War Zone judged that the Japanese army would not take major actions in the near future.

Takucheng did not face the Japanese army directly, and the troops were in a state of rest and their vigilance inevitably decreased.

This made the Japanese army take advantage of loopholes.

The Eighth Army was also a little negligent. Luo Yufeng was busy reorganizing his troops, and there were no Japanese troops stationed in front of Guide, Dangshan, Bozhou, and other places.

Even if the Japanese army launched an attack, the Eighth Army responded, but Luo Yufeng underestimated the capabilities of these friendly forces.

The Tang army stationed in Bozhou had already withdrawn and replaced it with the 106th Division. This 106th Division was composed of the remnants of Shi Hanzhang, and the division commander was Shen Ke.

It is said to be a division, but in fact it has less than 3,000 troops, with poor military discipline and weak combat power.

Such a unit, a large group of Japanese troops, was easily defeated, and this guy led his troops to the mountainous areas in northern Anhui.

Luo Yufeng received a telegram from the Tuocheng defenders and found out that Bozhou was captured by the Japanese army. The Japanese army detoured all the way and bypassed Guide and attacked Lanfeng.

Luo Yufeng quickly dispatched troops to intercept him, and a Japanese army set out from Bozhou suddenly arrived in Guide.

At that time, there was only one brigade stationed in Guide City with the New 38th Division. Although its strength was not inferior to that of the Japanese army, it was a newly reorganized force after all. It was not long and had not been fully completed. In addition, after the fierce battle of Guide, almost all the defensive positions on the periphery were destroyed.

The New 41st Brigade rushed to fight, blocking the Japanese attack, but it was not able to divide its troops to intercept the Japanese army.

With Dangshan, Yucheng was successively captured by the Japanese army. The temporary 35th stationed in Yucheng was defeated to Guide, and part of the Japanese 3rd Division occupied Yucheng.

The Japanese army's troops increased greatly. Luo Yufeng urgently dispatched the new 38th Brigade stationed in Caozhou to reinforce Guide, and ordered the newly formed secret service regiment to raid the Japanese army's flanks in Kaifeng for a long distance.

At this time, who knew that a brigade of the 88th Division, Long Muhan, who was stationed in Lanfeng, had not persisted for a long time and threw Lanfeng away.

A heavy rainstorm came!

Under such heavy rain, China and Japan could only be forced to stop all military operations.

It was not until the sky cleared that the New 38th Brigade threw away its heavy equipment, marched 80 miles away, and arrived in Guide, and then blocked the 3rd Japanese division east of Guide.

Then there was news that Peixian and Fengxian were lost. Liu Ziliang led the remnants of the 68th Army to retreat to Jinxiang and Shanxian to rebuild the defense.

At the request of Cheng Songyun, commander of the First War Zone, Luo Yufeng sent the newly reorganized 40th Division to support Liu Ziliang.

For a time, the security of Shandong and Henan was in danger.

Cheng Songyun, commander of the First War Zone, was also a little panicked. Once Kaifeng and Zhengzhou were lost, the Pinghan Line would be in danger. He quickly asked Lao Chiang in Wuhan and ordered the newly formed Eighth Division stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to prepare for digging and releasing water.

For the Battle of Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek drew all the elite troops that originally supported the Fifth War Zone and the Fifth War Zone and went south. The troops in the Fifth War Zone were basically the original troops, and later the reinforcements were basically concentrated around Wuhan.

The Japanese army suddenly launched an attack on Henan, and had the intention of capturing Zhengzhou in one fell swoop and taking the Pinghan line. Chiang Kai-shek was panicked. With the "peaceful" kindness that the Japanese army suddenly released, his vigilance suddenly decreased a lot.

This broke down and was fooled by the Japanese.

But now it is too late to send troops north now. Chiang Kai-shek always thought that the path of "using water instead of soldiers" would be possible in the future.

Otherwise, Zhengzhou would be in danger and the Pinghan Line would be occupied by the Japanese army.

Chiang Kai-shek also considered Leng Feng's new army. In his vision, he could also adjust Leng Feng's new army through the Pinghan Line to move south.

The combat effectiveness of the New First Army is obvious to all, and the ability to turn the tide may be turned.

Of course, it is best not to use it. This country's J troops are not only able to fight the New First Army, but also Luo Yufeng's Eighth Army?

Chiang Kai-shek was quite concerned about the safety of the Eighth Army. Before digging the embankment, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Luo Yufeng, asking him to retreat to northern Henan if he could not hold on.

This is the treatment that many confidant generals from Huangpu are only given, and Luo Yufeng is just a junior, and has become the flesh of Jiang Jiang.

Leng Feng is uncontrollable and has too much ambition. On the contrary, the careless Luo Yufeng is a person who can control and is very loyal.

The order to dig the dike, Lao Jiang also summoned He Jingzhi, Chen Cixiu, Zhang Yuejun, Dai Liang, Chen Bulei and other military and political officials, and thought tanks had a fierce debate for a night before finally making the decision.

Although the order was given by Lao Jiang, this was also the result of collective discussion.

The problem is that the First War Zone reported the problem too seriously. It seemed that if the Japanese army did not dig the embankment, the Japanese army immediately occupied Zhengzhou and Pinghan Line, which also misled Lao Jiang and others in some ways to make this decision in a hurry.

But no one expected that this hastily made decision to dig the embankment objectively helped the New First Army and northern Henan escape the disaster.

When the news reached Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek's face looked very bad, and no one knew what he would think at that time.

A big mistake has been made, and I can only try my best to save it. Who will bear this responsibility? Jiang knew in his heart that the order was given by him, and the responsibility could only be borne by him.

But he is not the only one who participates in the decision-making, so even if he is responsible, these people will still handle it with him.

At least at this time, the Japanese cannot be laughed at.

Wang Zhaoming jumped out and was the first to bombard Lao Chiang. At the meeting, he burst into tears and strongly demanded that Lao Chiang be held accountable.

Lao Jiang was almost completely unfair. If it weren't for the loss, the civilized stick in his hand would have hit Wang Zhaoming's head directly.

The decision made by Chiang Kai-shek rashly on digging the dike is indeed responsible, but if it were not for the Japanese invasion, no matter how crazy Chiang Kai-shek was, he would not have given such an order. This must be treated objectively.

"From the information we have obtained at present, the Japanese army's next key offensive target is to be in the two areas of western Shandong and northern Henan..." Xu Peigen, director of the Intelligence Department of the Military Command, picked up a baton and drew a circle on the map of northern Henan and western Shandong.

"The so-called 'Epiphyllum' plan of the Japanese army should mean blowing up the Yellow River embankment and flooding northern Henan, right?"

"The 'Epiphyllum' plan should be a smoke bomb released by the Japanese army, deliberately interfering with our sight. The Operations Office made an analysis and judgment. It is very likely that the Japanese army wanted to go west to Henan, occupy Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, and then attack north and south of Henan, eat our New First Army, and then go south along the Pinghan Line to Wuhan." Liu Weizhang, director of the Operations Office, stood up and walked over, gestured with his hands on the map and explained.

"Isn't this the same strategy for the Japanese army to advance north and south, trying to open up the Jinpu Line?" He Jingzhi asked.

"It seems that the Japanese army does have this kind of intention, but what the Japanese army did not expect was that we would dig a dike at the entrance of the garden to release water. The Yellow River surging southward and flooded thousands of square kilometers of areas. This area formed a huge yellow spill area. The Japanese mechanized corps could not come from here at all, so the plan to enter Henan to the west was bankrupt." Liu Weizhang pointed to a yellow and colored area on the map and said.

"It seems unnecessary for Japan to sing the wind of peace with us just to attack northern Henan?" Xiong Bin, deputy chief of the Military Command, said strangely.

"Maybe they just wanted to have a sudden attack on northern Henan to paralyze us?"

“There is this possibility.”

"According to our investigation, the Japanese army mobilized heavy troops in northern Anhui, central Shandong, southern Hebei and Xuzhou to attack our First War Zone and the Fifth War Zone in an all-round way. The focus was on the First War Zone. It is obvious that the Japanese army's strategy has undergone major changes. They seem to have given up the idea of ​​capturing our Wuhan, and instead adopted the means of eroding from north to south, compressing our strategic living space bit by bit. If the Japanese army occupy Henan Province and march northwest and enter Sichuan from Guanzhong, it would be very dangerous."

"This is a strategy to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty by the Yuan Dynasty. In this way, Shanxi and Shaanxi will be the next target of the Japanese army's attack."

"Shanxi and Shaanxi are barren and have poor resources. At this stage, they do not have enough troops to maintain such a long front, and the Japanese logistics seriously restricts their actions. Therefore, I think this is not the Japanese army's first choice strategy." Deputy Chief of Staff Bai Jiansheng said solemnly.

"I agree with Jiansheng's opinion. Although Japan's national strength is stronger than ours, it is impossible to swallow China in one bite. The Japanese army is not as good as the Mongolian Yuan. Even if we want to repeat the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, don't forget, how many years did the Mongolian Yuan really take to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty?"

The Japanese army showed a kind of arrogant and arrogant style, and all the words of destroying China in three months were shouted out. Although it was not possible, the Japanese army still had the upper hand in the war. At least the territory they occupied was getting bigger and bigger, which is an indisputable fact.

But China is too big to occupy completely, how many troops will it take?

If we also need to calm down the continuous rebellion and struggle in the occupied areas, will the Japanese generals really be so angry that they can't stop their destination?

If the Japanese army really changes its strategy, calm down and consolidate its occupied areas, operate slowly, and strengthen control, it would be a very troublesome thing.

China is originally a multi-ethnic country. It has been assimilated and has been assimilated for thousands of years. If Japan really changes its strategy, it will be a blessing and blessing for China.

"Delin, you came down from the battlefield. What do you think?" Old Jiang listened to his subordinates expressing his opinions one by one, but found that Li Delin was sitting next to him, his eyes floating outside the window, as if he was a little absent-minded.

At such an important military conference, his dignified commander of the Fifth War Zone was actually distracted.

"If the Japanese army's purpose is really western Shandong and northern Henan, then why is it not even a commander-in-chief appointed? So many troops are not affiliated with each other, it is like a joke. This is not in line with the usual style of the Japanese army, so I think these are all smokescreens." Li Delin said.

"Sister..."

"The commander of the Japanese army's campaign this time was Lieutenant General Tokuhiko Hirohiko, the commander of the 2nd Army of the North China Front. Did Brother Tokugune say it wrong?"

"As far as I know, the Second Army has assigned the dispatched troops to Central China." Li Delin smiled slightly.

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you, but it seems that they don’t understand what Li Delin said. Is the affiliation of the Japanese army related to this?

"I have a piece of stuff here, so you might as well take a look. Is it reasonable?" Li Delin took out a few folded telegrams from his pocket, spread them out, and handed them to Lao Jiang first.
Chapter completed!