That night, Nakajima led his troops to march northward, setting up an ambush on the flat field south of Miaoqiao, and defeating the 11th Army that rushed to the sky. The 11th Army collapsed in the sudden artillery fire and the crazy sound of horse hooves. Wei Yunsong's direct line, the 131st Division, fought to the death. The group guard group opened a bloody road and covered the troops out of the encirclement. Wei Yunsong fled with the guards. The sharp sabers drove the panicked Chinese soldiers to run around, making them unable to stop and resist, so they could only run for the death.

"Yu, yum," passed through the cheering soldiers, Lucao grabbed the war horse in front of Nakashima, inserted the blood-stained sword into the sheath, jumped off the horse and saluted Nakashima with a straight salute. Lucao was now convinced by this major general who was more than ten years younger than him: "Sir, we chased the army twenty miles, wiped out more than two thousand soldiers, and completely defeated them."

Nakajima smiled slightly with a reserved smile. His military uniform was still neat, but the command knife had been unsheathed, and blood flowed down the blade. Not far away was a headless corpse. The brigade's staff guards were waiting behind him. Most of them were covered in smoke and had some blood on their military uniforms.

"Well done, Lucaojun, I will ask you for me after the war!" Nakajima said seriously with a restrained smile. The victory of this battle will alleviate his situation, but it is only a relief. I just learned from the headless corpse that there was an elite army coming towards him, only two or three days away.

But that's enough.

After Lucao came back, Nakajima immediately withdrew his troops and advanced rapidly to the southeast with his troops. This time he did not disturb any villages along the way, but just passed quickly.

The news of the defeat of the 11th Army was spread to Xuzhou three hours later. Zhuang Jihua, who was eating, was stunned. Gong Chugong Xiuhua quickly woke him up. Zhuang Jihua hurriedly pulled out the food in his mouth, raised his foot and ran to the war room.

In the combat room, all the staff officers heard the news. Everyone was very serious on their faces and had already realized the serious consequences of the failure of the Eleventh Army.

"Have you informed Chief Bai of this news?" Zhuang Jihua asked Yang Yuchun when he entered the door. Yang Yuchun nodded and said, "He has informed Xinyang Command and Wuhan General Staff, but have not received their reply yet."

"To Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Front, Deputy Commander Li, immediately seize the Deputy Commander of the 11th Group. Order Wei Yunsong, the Commander of the 31st Army, to collect the troops from the Deputy Commander of the 31st Army, and report to the War Zone Command immediately after the containment." Zhuang Jihua's face was pale, and his tone was filled with a strong murderous intent.

Gong Chu's heart skipped a beat. Wei Yunsong was a general of the Gui clan. He had made many military achievements in the civil war. He was a general whom Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi relied on. He quickly made a statement: "The commander, killing the generals at the last minute is harmful and useless. I suggest that he be punished and made meritorious."

Zhuang Jihua was furious and shouted loudly: "I am not fighting a civil war, but a national war. If the war is defeated, the southern front will collapse, Wei Yunsong will never be redeemed. If the reward and punishment are not clear, how can the three armies serve! I don't care about the system, win, reward and defeat, and there is no other word! Tell Li Pinxian to establish a wartime military court and judge Wei Yunsong. Implement it immediately."

Gong Chu's face turned red. He admitted that Zhuang Jihua was right, but this is China. The current reality is that there is no complete national army. Local factions must be considered in combat and command. However, seeing Zhuang Jihua's appearance, he knew that it would be impossible to speak out for advice, so he changed his method: "Commander, punishing a deputy commander of the group army must report to Chief Bai and Chairman, and the theater command has the right to seize."

"Then report it. I don't believe that Bai Chongxi dares to protect his shortcomings like this." Zhuang Jihua said angrily. He didn't want to bother with him, but according to military rules, Gong Chu's words were reasonable. Zhuang Jihua really had no right to deal with the generals at the deputy commander of the army. This was also the reason why Tang Enbo dared to face the face to face. The kind of person who was pulled out and killed in the TV series could only be targeted at low-level officers.

"What do you think." Zhuang Jihua turned his head and asked Yang Yuchun, and then turned around and looked at the map before Yang Yuchun answered, and carefully looked at the movement trajectory of Nakajima Kangjian. Looking at the map, he gradually calmed down.

"We judge that Nakajima Health will go south again to Nantuo River and forcefully cross the Nantuo River to attack our army's back." Yang Yuchun said.

"Where will he cross the river?" Zhuang Jihua asked in thought. After the defeat of the 11th Army, the only force that could be used to block the south of Yongcheng was Lu Daoyuan, and it was almost impossible to defend such a long front.

Yang Yuchun's face turned pale. Their original judgment was that Nakajima would go south as the original road, but Zhuang Jihua's meaning was very obvious. Nakajima would not go south as the original road. If he did not go south as the original road, the problem would be complicated.

"I heard that you are a guerrilla expert. Do you think of Zhongdao's playing style somewhat similar to that of the Red Army?" Zhuang Jihua asked, thinking, still staring at the trajectory of Zhongdao, searching back and forth south of Yongcheng.

Not only Yang Yuchun was surprised, but even Gong Chu couldn't help but lean forward. After looking carefully for a while, Gong Chu smiled bitterly: "The commander is right, it is somewhat similar to the Red Army, and his actions are erratic. If you are careless, you will pounce on you and bite you, and then escape immediately. This is indeed the Red Army's tactic."

"But the Red Army's tactics are in line with policies. Every time they go, they attack the local tyrants and divide the land and collect supplies... But how do they replenish their weapons and ammunition?" Yang Yuchun changed his words halfway through. He knew that he had said something wrong. Nakajima did not need policies, but he had guns and only needed to kill to collect supplies. However, he didn't understand where the replenishment of weapons and ammunition came from.

"It's very simple. He actually didn't fight many battles. Xinxiang didn't count. From the forced crossing of the Yellow River to Yongcheng, he actually only fought this battle, but his cavalry might have suffered a lot of losses." Zhuang Jihua said, after careful consideration, Kazushima Kazuki didn't fight many battles, but his cavalry raided for a long distance, and even if he was not killed, he was exhausted.

"The Zhongdao must be blocked." Zhuang Jihua murmured to himself. He did not expect that a Zhongdao suddenly appeared, disrupting the entire battle deployment. The 74th Army transferred south, seriously weakening the attack on the north bank of the Yellow River, causing Xue Yue to be unable to break through the Japanese defense. Ludaoyuan went north to block the Tuohe River, weakening the defense of the Yuhe River, resulting in a full passiveness on the southern line.

But where will Nakajima cross the river? No one dares to make a judgment easily.

"We must contact Gusuo. To contact Gusuo, we must defeat Deng Xihou and Lu Han who are in the middle. But now he is exhausted. The cavalry of the assault force has suffered a lot of losses and there are not many shells left. Therefore, we can only spend the smallest price to break through Lu Han or Deng Xihou. How to spend the smallest price?"

Zhuang Jihua talked to himself, his eyes always stayed away from the map. Although his voice was relatively low, Yang Yuchun and Gong Chu could hear it clearly. Their eyes were also searching on the map. This kind of judgment without any intelligence can only be judged through military common sense and experience of the other party's actions.

After a while, Yang Yuchun suddenly spoke: "I understand. He will not force crossing the Tuo River. He will attack Suxian. This must be the case. Suxian."

Zhuang Jihua suddenly turned around and looked at Yang Yuchun, with a frightening look and a frightening pale face: "What's the basis?"

"There is no basis," Yang Yuchun was also a little nervous: "We all focused our attention on Tani Suofu, believing that Nakajima would go south to meet Tani Suofu and open the road to Yongcheng. In fact, this is exactly what Nakajima hopes that we will judge. But if it were me, I would never go south, but to advance east, destroy Suxian, and then guard here, block the throat of our army's southern line, cooperate with the Japanese army on the south bank of the Yu River to defeat the front of Deputy Commander Li, and then work with the 9th Division and the 13th Division to advance westward with all their might, destroying the southern line in one fell swoop, and then the entire army headed north to Yongcheng. Only in this way can we have enough troops to close our army's retreat road to the west." After saying that, he added: "If it were me, I will fight like this."

Zhuang Jihua repeatedly thought about Yang Yuchun's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt the possibility. He calculated that the distance between Zhongdao and Su County was only more than a hundred miles, and he could arrive in a forceful battle for a day and a night.

Cold sweat flowed down his back, and Li Pinxian's southern line command center was located in Suxian. However, due to the shortage of troops on the front line, he was left with only a regiment of guard troops. Such weak forces could go down with the strength of the Nakajima.

"Immediately, the telegram to Deputy Commander Li, that it is very likely that Zhongdao will advance eastward to attack Suxian, and immediately strengthen the garrison of Suxian." Zhuang Jihua thought about drawing troops from there to reinforce Suxian. He had no time to transfer troops from Xuzhou.

"Call Liao Yaoxiang and collect all the car bags in Xuzhou immediately." Zhuang Jihua immediately decided that no matter whether he had time or not, he had to make efforts to transfer reinforcements to Suxian.

Liao Yaoxiang soon came to the headquarters. He did not go far. When the New 22nd Division came back, it entered Xuzhou City and took over Xuzhou City Defense. His headquarters was located next to the theater headquarters.

"Liao Yaoxiang, you will immediately lead your troops to reinforce Suxian. Remember to be careful. Suxian may be lost before you arrive. The radio stations along the way are not allowed to turn off. Keep in touch with the theater command at any time. You can inform you of the situation in Suxian at any time." Zhuang Jihua said hurriedly.

Liao Yaoxiang was shocked. He had never seen Zhuang Jihua so anxious, and Suxian was likely to be lost, which surprised him even more. He felt the crisis of the war. Liao Yaoxiang immediately replied: "Please rest assured that if Suxian has not been lost, I promise to stay in Suxian. If it is lost, I will definitely take it back."

Zhuang Jihua looked at him with a high profile and patted his shoulder: "Let's go, Suxian, remember, Suxian must be in our hands."

Liao Yaoxiang didn't say nonsense, gave a salute, turned around and left.

When Liao Yaoxiang's figure disappeared outside the door, Zhuang Jihua turned around and said to Gong Chu: "Give power to Chief Xu."

The hospital is almost my home, and I report it every day. Today I have a niece and spent most of my day in the obstetrics and gynecology department.
Chapter completed!