Chapter 215: Strategy

(……How high is the support of the people of the *** people for their country’s aggression in the war? It is unimaginable to those who lived in peacetime later. As a survivor of that war, I agree that it is despicable for the army to attack civilians, but I have to show first that they are real civilians, and the *** people are not included... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

Bai Chongxi frowned and finally pointed at Huaiyuan with his finger: "How about I give Zhang Xuchen to my elder brother?"

If there is an emergency, the reserve force should be called to support the periphery of Taierzhuang, the 20th Army would not be able to rely on. There is no mobile force near Xuzhou. Who can be called if there is any accident?! Looking at the entire battlefield, all the units of the Gui army suffered 5 tuberculosis and seven injuries. There is no other troops other than the 171st Division stationed in Suxian. Instead of the Guangxi army, there is only one 59th Army. Zhang Zizhong, because he is grateful to Li Bai for his promise that he will return or be willing to join the battle immediately after the war, so Li Zongren could only draw Zhang Zizhong's troops from the in full swing southern line to take a rest and standby.

"But with the transfer of Xunchen, the southern line is also very tight!" Li Zongren looked at his brother, he knew that Bai Chongxi had some big moves on the southern line.

"The decision to win and lose the Huaihe South Line is not in Bengbu but in Yangzhou. Brother, don't worry, I will be transferred to the north by Chu Zhen (Han Deqin)!" Bai Chongxi smiled arrogantly.

"You mean that you agree to him attack Yangzhou!" Li Zongren was shocked: The plan of the 89th Army to attack Yangzhou had been reported, and they had not responded to Han Deqin. It seems that Bai Chongxi agreed with this bold plan - the war in the Battle of Xuzhou actually burned to the other side of Nanjing!

Although it is dangerous to attack Yangzhou, it is a skillful move: if the world is in chaos in Yangzhou, it will not only completely cut off the supply of supplies from northern Jiangsu to the Bengbu battlefield, but also make the 6th Japanese division, which is urgently gathering to prepare for the north transfer according to intelligence, dare not act rashly. As for the Japanese army in Bengbu area that has been cut off, although there are many people, there are neither enough tools to cross the river nor enough ammunition and food. It is estimated that they will have to stop after they have to fight for ten days and half a month. If they take a step back ten thousand steps, it will be useless even if they can break through the Huaihe River defense line. The large troops without any supplies will not be able to go north... When Li Zongren thought of this, he suddenly thought: Bai Chongxi would not let the Japanese pass the Huaihe River, right?!

Bai Chongxi was fighting against heaven and man in his heart at this moment: he really wanted to let the Japanese pass over the Huaihe River!

It turned out that in his plan, the second combination punch was to wipe out the Japanese army in Bengbu, but later he learned that the number of Japanese troops exceeded the plan and gave up. However, his second punch was still planned to hit the Japanese army on the south bank of the Huai River. Now that Han Deqin's offensive plan was launched, Bai Chongxi had an idea: Didn't Huaiyuan use the Huai River to block the Japanese and eat up a whole brigade in front of their large army? If some Japanese troops were sent over, they would encircle and annihilate them again on the north bank of the Huai River...

If you attack Yangzhou, it is not a real fight. Just turn Yangzhou upside down! Just take advantage of the chaos in the Huaiyang area and the Japanese dare not dare to go north and Fan, and draw the 89th Army to secretly go to the Bengbu line with the 51st Army as the main force, and even add the 171st Division in your hands. Maybe you can have annihilation battle!

"Order: All units of the 48th Army quickly transferred north and ordered the 131st Division, and the 138th Division was broken into pieces..." As Bai Chongxi ordered one after another, the Huaihe South Line would be full of war...

A detachment actually called the Zhong*** team under his nose! Hata Shunji was both angry and hated in Nanjing and mixed with a hint of worry: China's tenacity in the War of Resistance Against Japan was far beyond the expectations of the base camp. The Battle of Nanjing had greatly damaged the Japanese army; now the Battle of Xuzhou was even more in a dilemma from the beginning... If we continue to fight like this, we will know that even if Wuhan takes over the Chinese, we will never surrender!

This is a big problem. If *** falls into a long-term battle with China, then *** will definitely be dragged down. At that time, any dominance of the world would be just an illusory dream... But how to end the war against China? Hata Shunjiu was very worried about ***'s future, but he finally did not send this document that deeply analyzes the situation back to Tokyo. If it is sent back at this moment, it will definitely make his political enemies attack. At that time, maybe he, the commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, will do his best. Maybe he will encounter many unexpected surprises after returning to the country! The militants in the military dared to kill the prime minister, and now these people are more arrogant than they did in the past... Forget it! Let's talk about it when they finish this battle!

Hata Shunruo stared at Bengbu, but he didn't expect that Yangzhou would let Cao Xiaomin target him!

A train from the branch line of Pukou to the northeast on the Jinpu Road was filled with *** diaspora. Many of the poor people in the country were forcibly immigrated; because the troops in Yangzhou were transferred to the west, this large number of immigrants were quickly sent to the Huaiyang area. When the number of immigrants in a region reaches a certain proportion, the place will be stable. These immigrants can not only ensure that the activity of Chinese guerrillas in the region is greatly reduced under normal circumstances, but also can be quickly recruited as combat troops when attacked by large units. The guerrilla warfare in the Huaiyang area is too powerful and these immigrants are needed too much!

The immigrants who were full of trains waved the plaster flags and sun flags on their hands, and kept changing people stretched out the window along the way while the train was passing by, declaring the occupation of the ***. Japanese songs kept ringing in the carriage... (This is the information described in the memoirs of the *** people themselves. Who said that the war criminals of that era did not include the *** people? Even the poorest civilians in the country who were forced to move to China had a look of invaders after the arrival of the poor!)

The people on this train were excited. Although they were reluctant to leave their hometown at the beginning, when they crossed the sea to China and found that they could seize any property of the people of this country on this land and kill the local people was just like playing, they "loved" this country!

Now, they all knew that they were going to be moved to a wealthy and beautiful place where the land was allowed to be selected at will, and every five people got the ***ers equipped with a rifle. Their train journey was only a short period, and they were walking on the branch line in Pukou, which was also within the Nanjing area. This was their demonstration journey. Then they would get off the train soon and drove to Yangzhou via the highway. They had also been told that they could plunder the property of the Chinese people along the way, so they were even more crazy on this short train.

The *** immigrants in the carriage along the way were echoing a group of cavalry - because the Jinpu line became increasingly unsafe, and now in order to prevent the train from being attacked, every train travel will send twenty or thirty cavalry to open the road in front of the train to check whether the railway was damaged. Of course, the group of cavalry walking on the branch line today does not need to check the railway. They just come to give the immigrants courage to support them so that they can bully the Chinese at will along the way.

No one expected that in this suburb of Nanjing, someone would dare to attack under the eyes of the Japanese!

Because he learned that a group of *** expatriates were going to Yangzhou for disaster, Cao Xiaomin boldly made a plan: he would take action in Pukou and let the train derail and kill all the Japanese in the train!

In addition to the main line of the Jinpu Line towards Chu County, other branches built by British and foreign investors were used for commercial purposes in peaceful times, and the Japanese had no defenses in normal times. However, these railways for transporting coal or grain and other materials often had to cross some small rivers. As long as the train rushed into the river, there would be heavy casualties!

No one thought that a small railway with no strategic significance would be passive, including those Japanese soldiers who opened the road. Their openings were just like that, and they did not have any careful observation when opening the road on the main line - this is the parade!

However, half a ton of explosives was loaded on a small bridge that was not even guarded; at the bottom of the bridge, the tidal flat that had been exposed in the riverbed due to the dry season, there were more than a dozen barrels of kerosene and trigger-detonation devices mixed with chopped waste tires by the guerrillas through various channels! Cao Xiaomin, who had experienced countless tragedies and gradually became more and more ruthless, prepared a large bloody hell for more than a thousand people on the train!

In order to stimulate the Japanese in Huaiyang area to attack, Cao Xiaomin asked the guerrillas who attacked this time to bring a lot of leaflets, which was that Yangzhou would never tolerate the *** people coming to harm him, and the people of Yangzhou vowed to kill the Japanese to the end; these leaflets directly indicate the identity of the actor: Yangzhou Matougang Guerrillas Joint Brigade! As long as such leaflets are dispersed, Cao Xiaomin does not believe that the Japanese defenders in Yangzhou can stand it. As long as they attack Matougang, this battle will make the Japanese unable to bear it!

Matougang is about six or seven kilometers away from the old city in the western suburbs of Yangzhou. There are mountains and waters nearby. The terrain is quite complicated. As long as the Japanese come, they can make full use of the complex terrain to make the Japanese have no choice but to do anything. Once the Japanese enter the ambush circle, their way out will be dug up and the cars can no longer be used. If they want to escape, they can only rely on two legs.

If the Japanese were really trapped and asked for help, it would be even better. There were not many Japanese in Yangzhou City, so I might as well just take Yangzhou directly! The battle in Matougang was personally directed by Cao Xiaomin and the "drunk ghost". Once there was a chance to occupy Yangzhou, Xie Zhong would act with the "old bed bug". As for the train bombing far away in Nanjing, it could only be considered a small action, and the "little god" was commanded by the "little god".

The terrain that should be changed in Matougang has been changed and the personnel have also gathered. In addition to the guerrillas in northern Jiangsu, some water police forces and thousands of people from the security team that had been training in the rear also arrived in a hurry. For a moment, the outskirts of Yangzhou were already covered with clouds without the Japanese knowing it!
Chapter completed!