"Your Excellency, the two battles in Nanjing in Xuzhou have proved that the military's original estimate of the combat effectiveness of the military was wrong," Ligao Support retorted without any weakness: "The latest comparison of combat effectiveness of the military is that the two Southwest Army wants to be an imperial military division. In this way, it is about one to two to three. Each army of the Forty-Nine Army is equivalent to an imperial military division. In this way, the strength of the general of the metropolis seems too weak."

"Bastard, you are making others' majesty and destroying the imperial army!" An officer jumped out in anger and criticized Li Gao, but more officers remained silent. Li Gao's accurate judgment of the war in Hebei has invisibly improved his position in the hearts of Sugiyama's aides and has also given him a group of supporters.

"The spirit of the Imperial Army was not yelled out loud," someone said calmly in the crowd. Ligao Support turned his head. It turned out to be the Qingcheng Mountain of the Intelligence Department. He looked at the shouting people with contempt, and then said to Sugiyama Yuan: "Your Excellency, Bei Zhi believes that Ligao Jun's judgment is very reasonable. The troops commanded by Xue Yue have 300,000, including the elite German division and the 71st and 72nd Army reorganized by the Central Military Academy teaching team. These troops have been proven in the battles in Songhu and Nanjing. Their combat power is very strong and cannot be compared with other local troops."

"But, have you ever thought about it?" Naosaburo Okabe came forward to support Eto at this time: "The four divisions led by General Honma are already on the edge of the Yellow River. The army has already realized our strategic intentions. The Forty-Ninth Army heading north proves that if we are slow and the army takes the opportunity to give up Xuzhou, our strategy will be completely lost."

This sentence hits the weakness of Ligao Support. Ligao Support and Qingcheng no longer speak. Around Sugiyama Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "I am very happy that you can clearly analyze the strength of our enemies and me. Ligao Jun, you are right. The 300,000 elite troops led by Xue Yue did not appear, which means that the army must have had some plans. What is this plan?"

Sugiyama Yuan stared at Edeng, making Edeng feel weak: "After winning the two battles in Nanjing and Xuzhou, their confidence has become stronger and their appetite has increased. This time they targeted the four divisions commanded by Honma, one hundred thousand imperial troops."

Okabe and Eto remained calm and supported him. He immediately regretted it. He immediately thought that before this, Sugiyama Moto must have been just a vague idea, but his advice strengthened his judgment. How could he accidentally make such a big mistake and how to explain it to his husband in the future.

Looking at Rigao Support Yin Qing's face, Sugiyama Tsubasa asked with interest: "Why, Rigao Jun, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes," Ligao quickly calmed down and replied respectfully: "I'm thinking about the words of Chief of Staff Okabe, with the general's shrewdness, he must have discovered our intentions. If Honma stopped on the bank of the Yellow River, the main elite of Xuzhou's army would have the potential to escape. Hu Shi is in a dilemma and does not know how to solve it."

"Yes, this is a dilemma," Sugiyama Moto was even more satisfied with his opposition to Gao Support. He put his hands in his pants and walked two steps: "The battlefield is not the same place. I ordered the 41st Division to immediately adjust the attack direction of the 41st Division, go south from Hua County, attack towards Yanjin, entangle Xue Yue's main force, and ensure the safety of the flanks. The 17th Division left no less than one brigade in Wanli, and establish a blocking line on the front line of Zhangsanzhai to ensure the safety of the flanks."

He thought about the meeting and added the order: "The Fifth Mixed Brigade was added to the Henan battlefield and assigned to the command of the 37th Division."

Sugiyama Tsuki didn't know. The idea that really solved the problem for him was this temporary idea. It was precisely because of the fifth mixed brigade of Nakajima's Fukuoka that he saved the collapse of the northern front battlefield and then fell into trouble with the Zhongzhang team.

At this moment, Sugiyama Yuanmasatoshi was proud of his ability to see through the combat attempt of the Zhong** team. He paused for a while and said sternly: "Tele to Commander Xiwei, strengthen the attack, and limit the order to attack Tai'an, Laiwu, and Antengliji must conquer Ju County within three days and to Linyi within seven days. His progress is too slow!"

"Hayi!" the officers stood up and agreed in unison.

With the planning and adjustment of the supreme commanders of both sides, the wheels of the war started to run at high speed.

On the bank of the Yellow River, Hu Zongnan and Li Wen were unable to block the Japanese attack. Before sunset, the Japanese army broke through their defense line. Hu Zongnan led his troops to retreat into Dongming County. Li Wen then retreated into Zhencheng. Lin Yuesheng led his troops to Dongming to meet Hu Zongnan.

That night, Song Xilian led the main force of the 78th Army to Dongming, and Zhong Bin led the 176th Division to Zhencheng. He launched a counterattack in Zhencheng that night. The Japanese army caught off guard and the frontier fell into chaos. The division commander Yisheng Heiyan commanded the follow-up troops to launch a counterattack. The two sides fought fiercely overnight. By dawn, Zhong Bin led his troops to retreat into Zhencheng.

Song Xilian's arrival stabilized the situation on the south bank of the Yellow River, but overall, the situation was still unfavorable. Honma Masa-kung led three divisions to cross the river in separate ways.

The Japanese army crossed the river in a large scale, and Xue Yue, who was peeping beside him, immediately released all the hidden strength. Tang Shizun led the 22nd Army out of Yanjin and crossed the Liuqing River to attack Huaxian, taking straight to Puyang, preparing to cut off the retreat of the four divisions of the Honma in one fell swoop.

South of Yanjin, Xue Yue launched the 71st Army and the 72nd Army. He attacked Fangli Zhangsanzhai through Changheng Niushikou and rushed straight to the flank of the 17th Division. Shortly after Tang Shi Zun crossed the river, he met the 41st Division heading south from Hua County.

Tang Shizun commanded Liu Xiang's direct elite troops, with a total of 100,000 troops in the entire army, including Liu Xiang's starting army, and the elite 23rd Army adapted by Teacher Pan Wenhua. More than one-third of the grassroots officers were trained in Chongqing, and their combat methods were almost the same as those of Yang Sen's 24th Army and Deng Xihou's 23rd Army.

After Yang Sen and Deng Xihou and others left Sichuan, the news of good news spread frequently. Both of them were promoted to generals and received the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, which made Tang Shizun Pan Wenhua envious. In addition, the Sichuan Army had extraordinary achievements, and they felt the support of the people for the Sichuan Army everywhere. In Wuhan, there was even a case where Sichuan Army soldiers came to the restaurant owners and did not charge money. The 22nd Army was not like other troops. On the contrary, they sought to fight. Some low-level officers were dissatisfied with the transfer to the First War Zone because they believed that there were not many wars in the First War Zone, and the real war was in the Fifth War Zone.

When Xue Yue ordered them to cross the river and launch an attack on the Japanese army with their backs, the army was not worried at all. Tang Shizun agreed without caring. The whole army was as happy as a festival. On that day, the 21st Army took the lead in crossing the river in Mazhuang. Pan Wenhua, deputy commander of the army and commander of the 23rd Army, also led his troops to cross the river in Banpodian.

After the 21st Army crossed the river, Ling Jianzhi, the commander of the 873rd Regiment of the Forward, led his troops to occupy Qinzhuang, and then attacked Fengzhuang Town without waiting for the follow-up troops; the same was true for the 23rd Army crossing the right wing. Chen Liexun's regiment, which crossed the river in front, occupied Shatuozhuang regardless of the follow-up troops, and then attacked Liuquan. Chen Liexun was even more bold, and his three battalions were divided into three routes and advanced in unison.

After occupying Fengzhuang Town, Ling Jianzhi attacked Wangzhuang Town without stopping, and encountered the Xinben Squadron, the vanguard of the 41st Division, in Yancun outside Wangzhuang. Soon, Chen Liexun also encountered the Japanese Yamaki Squadron in Laodian, and fierce battle immediately broke out between the two armies.

Upon receiving the news of encountering the Japanese army, Tang Shizun's command center suddenly became excited as if it was blood-blooded. Tang Shizun immediately ordered Liu Zhaoli of the 146th Division to lead the entire division to fight, and the 147th Division detoured Xiaotun from the northwest of Wangzhuang to Wangzhuang; at the same time, Yang Guojie Division of the 23rd Army moved forward quickly and must defeat the Japanese army in front of him, and Chen Wanren's troops were inserted from the Ganliu Tree to the back of the Laodian.

The Japanese army did not expect that the Chinese team would launch so many troops to attack as soon as they came up. The Yamamu Squadron and Xinben Squadron were defeated one after another and retreated to Wangzhuang and Laodian. Liu Zhaoli and Yang Guozhen did not give up and bit the Japanese army and chased Wangzhuang and Laodian.

When Tanabe Moriwu received the report, the division headquarters was in Hua County. The 41st Division was recently established in Japan. Most of the soldiers in the army were recruits. In the battle of the northern section of Pinghan Road in the early period of Hebei, the army had not fought any fierce battles. After being hit by a blow, the front line troops were a little confused. Tanabe knew the weakness of the army, and at the same time he felt that this army was different from the previous CSU team. They launched a fierce attack without any temptation. The soldiers were extremely morale and dared to challenge them even if there was only one squad.

Tanabe felt a sense of loss and shame that she had never experienced before. The cowardly people ignored the great reputation of the Imperial Army so much that they had to teach these people a lesson.

But before he could think about how to teach the army, the defeat on the front line came, Wangzhuang and Laodian were lost at the same time, the two pioneer troops, Morimura Brigade and Takaoka Brigade, were defeated, and the troops were quite shrinking towards Hua County.

While the battle in Hua County was unfolding, the 71st and 72nd Army also encountered the Kikuchi Brigade of the Japanese 17th Division in Fangli and Zhang Sanzhai, and then fierce battle broke out. In the face of the attack of two elite Chinese troops, Kikuchi was forced to ask for help from Honma Masaharu. Seeing that the retreat of the crossing troops was threatened, Honma Masaharu hurriedly ordered the 36th Division, which was still in Hebei to stop crossing the river and turn westward to block Xue Yue. The 36th Division quickly reinforced Fangli and Zhang Sanzhai.

With the 36th Division stopping crossing the river, Bai Chongxi judged that the purpose of dividing the Japanese army in the first phase of the battle was achieved.

After the 36th Division reinforced Kikuchi, Honma Masaharu was temporarily relieved of the battle against Hebei, turned her attention to Dongming and Zhencheng, and commanded the troops to launch a strong attack.

With the fierce battles on both sides of the Yellow River, several Japanese troops also launched attacks, and fierce battles were fought on the entire border around the Five War Zone.

In Ju County, Anteng was deeply ashamed after receiving the order. His three divisions were blocked by Tang Enbo to the east of Ju County. Tang Enbo divided the three armies into three units, facing the Fifth Division, the 39th Division, the 16th Division, and the 28th Division. After Guan Linzheng strengthened Zhang Zhen's division, he dealt with the Fifth Division and the 39th Division. Wang Zhonglian's 85th Army faced the 16th Division, and the 13th Army faced the 28th Division. These three armies were all German Armored Army, and the 5th Division and the 16th Division suffered heavy losses in the last battle. The 16th Division was almost rebuilt, and in one step, they were not much different in combat. It was just a match for the opponent. Anteng could not find a way to break through Tang Enbo's blockade for a while, so he had to order the troops to attack despite the casualties.
Chapter completed!